Lubricating oils and greases, petroleum, made from refined petroleum · Ohio

Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - OH

Strongsville, OH · ~26 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - OH runs at 81% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Lubricating oils and greases, petroleum, made from refined petroleum workplace, earning a grade C.

Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - OH: 2.7 TCR = 81% of Lubricating oils and greases, petroleum, made from refined petroleum BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - OH safety composite

Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - OH scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - OH: 3.3 → 4.7 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 4.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.78× in 2019

Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - OH's TCR rose 1.5 from 3.3 in 2017 to 4.7 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 324191 · Strongsville, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 81% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #4/10
  • PHOTO East Hanover Lanxess…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: East Hanover Lanxess Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - OH in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - OH averages 2.7 TCR (81% of the Lubricating oils and greases, petroleum, made from refined petroleum BLS benchmark).

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

Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - OH TCR series: 2017=3.3 · 2018=0 · 2019=4.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - OH falls in its industry

171 Lubricating oils and greases, establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 10 Lubricating oils and greases, employers in Ohio.

Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - OH (26 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0100200300400 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - OH
Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - OH (26 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - OH has fewer employees than the Lubricating oils and greases, petroleum, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2019 4.7 4.7 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 3.3 3.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

324191 · OH · Strongsville

171 Lubricating oils and greases, petroleum, made from refined petroleum employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 104 employers in Strongsville, 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 East Hanover Lanxess Corporation 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR BG Products El Dorado Insignia-EPS Facility 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marrero Refinery 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fiske Brothers Refining Co. dba Lubriplate Lubricants Co. 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hog and Maitenance 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE YNOT Farm 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE OA Facility Maintenance Shop 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE SMT INDUSTRIES 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Strongsville Family Health & Surgery Center 439 FTE
CITY-NEAR Strongsville Fam Hlth Surg Ctr 415 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2266 382 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2266 372 FTE
NAT-TCR Main Office 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Residence Inn Mishawaka 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR HTXKG01 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Terex - Rock Hill 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE George Lay Signs, Inc. 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hayden WECO 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Black Tooth Brewing Company LLC 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Frank Bevins Painting 26 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.