Packaging, foam plastics (except polystyrene), manufacturing · Ohio

Hinkle Manufacturing, Inc.

Perrysurg, OH · ~120 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hinkle Manufacturing, Inc. runs at 244% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Packaging, foam plastics (except polystyrene), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Hinkle Manufacturing, Inc.: 8.0 TCR = 244% of Packaging, foam plastics (except polystyrene), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hinkle Manufacturing, Inc. safety composite

Hinkle Manufacturing, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

Hinkle Manufacturing, Inc.: 7.7 → 8.4 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 8.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.31× in 2017

Hinkle Manufacturing, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.6 from 7.7 in 2016 to 8.4 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326150 · Perrysurg, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 244% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #24/26
  • PHOTO Francis
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~120 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Francis (0.1 TCR gap)

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Hinkle Manufacturing, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hinkle Manufacturing, Inc. averages 8.0 TCR (244% of the Packaging, foam plastics (except polystyrene), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Hinkle Manufacturing, Inc. TCR series: 2016=7.7 · 2017=8.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Hinkle Manufacturing, Inc. falls in its industry

474 Packaging, foam plastics (exce establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 26 Packaging, foam plastics (exce employers in Ohio.

Hinkle Manufacturing, Inc. (120 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Hinkle Manufacturing, Inc.
Hinkle Manufacturing, Inc. (120 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Hinkle Manufacturing, Inc. has more employees than the Packaging, foam plastics (except polysty median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2017 8.4 2.5 9 1 0
2016 7.7 0.9 3 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326150 · OH · Perrysurg

474 Packaging, foam plastics (except polystyrene), 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 Francis 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Future Foam Inc. 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dallas Fabrication Plant -19 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Package Design and Mfg 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE CAM Industrial Solutions @ Cenovus 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE CMS Corporation 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE Messer Construction Co. - Columbus Region 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE Baker DC, LLC 120 FTE
NAT-TCR Giant Eagle #3051 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Runnings of Dickinson 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Biomedical Enterprises San Antonio 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Apex Center 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Peapod S&S Riverhead, Ny 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Highway 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE South 501 MNE8 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Arlington 120 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: 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.