Explosives manufacturing · Ohio

Hilltop Energy, Inc

Mineral City, OH · ~83 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hilltop Energy, Inc runs at 116% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Explosives manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Hilltop Energy, Inc: 3.8 TCR = 116% of Explosives manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hilltop Energy, Inc safety composite

Hilltop Energy, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.8

2016→2024

Hilltop Energy, Inc injury rate improved

Hilltop Energy, Inc's TCR fell 3.8 from 4.8 in 2016 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.8 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=8.8 · 2023=6.1 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325920 · Mineral City, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 116% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO Austin Powder Great …
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~83 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Austin Powder Great Lakes, LLC - Columbus, IN (0.1 TCR gap)

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Hilltop Energy, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hilltop Energy, Inc averages 3.8 TCR (116% of the Explosives manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Hilltop Energy, Inc TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=8.8 · 2023=6.1 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Hilltop Energy, Inc falls in its industry

78 Explosives manufacturing establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Explosives manufacturing employers in Ohio.

Hilltop Energy, Inc (83 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0200400600 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Hilltop Energy, Inc
Hilltop Energy, Inc (83 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Hilltop Energy, Inc has more employees than the Explosives manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2024 1.1 0.0 1 0 0
2023 6.1 1.5 4 0 0
2022 8.8 6.3 7 0 0
2021 3.7 0.0 3 0 0
2020 3.2 0.0 2 0 0
2019 2.6 1.3 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 4.1 4.1 1 1 0
2016 4.8 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325920 · OH · Mineral City

78 Explosives manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 3 employers in Mineral City, 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 Austin Powder Great Lakes, LLC - Columbus, IN 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hanley 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Red Diamond Plant 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dyno Nobel Wolf Lake 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE A1 Egg Farm 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dew Fresh Egg Farm 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE LEP Eggs 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Egg Products 83 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Refining Group-Sandyville 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Refining Group - Sandyville 23 FTE
NAT-TCR 260 Lci 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Spencer Manufacturing, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Modern Dispersions South Inc 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lakeland SBS 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bookstore Movers LLC 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE Service Center 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE AVON 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ng - Pipestone Truss 83 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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