Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade · Ohio

HI TecMetal

Cleveland, OH · ~34 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HI TecMetal runs at 118% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade C.

HI TecMetal: 3.9 TCR = 118% of Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HI TecMetal safety composite

HI TecMetal scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Rising injury rate

HI TecMetal: 0.0 → 7.8 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 7.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2021

HI TecMetal's TCR rose 7.8 from 0.0 in 2020 to 7.8 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332811 · Cleveland, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 118% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/34
  • PHOTO Astro Aluminum Treat…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Astro Aluminum Treating Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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HI TecMetal in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HI TecMetal averages 3.9 TCR (118% of the Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

HI TecMetal TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=7.8 · BLS 3.3

Where HI TecMetal falls in its industry

248 Heat treating metals and metal establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 34 Heat treating metals and metal employers in Ohio.

HI TecMetal (34 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate HI TecMetal
HI TecMetal (34 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

HI TecMetal has fewer employees than the Heat treating metals and metal products median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2021 7.8 0.0 3 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · OH · Cleveland

248 Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 922 employers in Cleveland, OH · 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 Astro Aluminum Treating Co., Inc. 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Paulo - Cleveland 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atmosphere Annealing Bassett 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Specialty Heat Treat, Inc. 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bauman Orchards Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Millcreek Gardens LLC 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Meadow View Growers, Inc 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE ayers farms inc 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cleveland Clinic Main Campus 25,629 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Cleveland Clinic Foundation 20,763 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cleveland Medical Center 10,377 FTE
CITY-NEAR SILCO FIRE & SECURITY - CLEVELAND 3,641 FTE
NAT-TCR Hotel 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR ACH Plainview Hospital 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Vectren Corporation - Noblesville 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Little Falls Public School District-Lindberg Elementary 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Blue Sea Beach Hotel 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ritter Production Farms, Inc. 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Inc. 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advanced Cutting Systems 34 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: 2021, 2020. 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.