Locks (except coin-operated, time locks), metal, manufacturing · Ohio

Hercules Industries, Inc

Prospect, OH · ~31 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hercules Industries, Inc runs at 199% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Locks (except coin-operated, time locks), metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Hercules Industries, Inc: 6.6 TCR = 199% of Locks (except coin-operated, time locks), metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hercules Industries, Inc safety composite

Hercules Industries, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Hercules Industries, Inc held a steady TCR band

Hercules Industries, Inc's TCR held near 0.0 from 7.0 in 2018 to 7.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.06× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=7.0 · 2021=8.5 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=7.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332510 · Prospect, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.6 · 199% of ind

  • DART 7.0 DART
  • RANK #11/14
  • PHOTO Velko Hinge Inc.
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Velko Hinge Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hercules Industries, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Hercules Industries, Inc averages 6.6 TCR (199% of the Locks (except coin-operated, time locks), metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Hercules Industries, Inc TCR series: 2018=7 · 2021=8.5 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=7 · BLS 3.3

Where Hercules Industries, Inc falls in its industry

189 Locks (except coin-operated, t establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 14 Locks (except coin-operated, t employers in Ohio.

Hercules Industries, Inc (31 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 3.4 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Hercules Industries, Inc
Hercules Industries, Inc (31 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Hercules Industries, Inc has fewer employees than the Locks (except coin-operated, time locks) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2023 7.0 7.0 2 0 0
2022 3.9 0.0 1 0 0
2021 8.5 4.2 2 0 0
2018 7.0 7.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332510 · OH · Prospect

189 Locks (except coin-operated, time locks), metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Velko Hinge Inc. 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Colson Saint Joseph 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SMC 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 411 Austin Road 6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Farm 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pine Valley Ranch 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trillium Farms Layer 5 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trillium Farms Croton Pullet 3 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cummins Facility Services LLC 467 FTE
NAT-TCR Giorgio Foods Inc 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Greyhound Pleasantville Garage 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Park City Lodging, Inc. 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Navarro Regional LLC 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Neshoba County Cooperative -AAL- 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maruka Lee's Summit 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE M-E Construction 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Les Schwab Tire Center-Albany 31 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.