Vending Machine Operators · Ohio

HQSC and Operations**

Warren, OH · ~94 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.5
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HQSC and Operations** runs at 427% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Vending Machine Operators workplace, earning a grade F.

HQSC and Operations**: 14.5 TCR = 427% of Vending Machine Operators BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HQSC and Operations** safety composite

HQSC and Operations** scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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%).

TCR Δ

−9.5

2017→2023

HQSC and Operations** injury rate improved

HQSC and Operations**'s TCR fell 9.5 from 19.4 in 2017 to 9.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 19.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=19.4 · 2018=15.0 · 2019=18.2 · 2020=9.5 · 2021=10.4 · 2022=19.3 · 2023=9.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 454210 · Warren, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.5 · 427% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #27/27
  • PHOTO MARKET-CHARLOTTE
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 88 inj
  • SIZE ~94 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MARKET-CHARLOTTE (0.1 TCR gap)

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HQSC and Operations** in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HQSC and Operations** averages 14.5 TCR (427% of the Vending Machine Operators BLS benchmark).

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

HQSC and Operations** TCR series: 2017=19.4 · 2018=15 · 2019=18.2 · 2020=9.5 · 2021=10.4 · 2022=19.3 · 2023=9.9 · BLS 3.4

Where HQSC and Operations** falls in its industry

311 Vending Machine Operators establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 27 Vending Machine Operators employers in Ohio.

HQSC and Operations** (94 employees, TCR 14.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 7.1 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 0100200300 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate HQSC and Operations**
HQSC and Operations** (94 employees, TCR 14.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 7.1

HQSC and Operations** has more employees than the Vending Machine Operators median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.1. 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
2023 9.9 3.7 8 0 0
2022 19.3 8.3 14 0 0
2021 10.4 4.6 9 0 0
2020 9.5 7.6 5 0 0
2019 18.2 12.1 18 0 0
2018 15.0 7.0 15 0 0
2017 19.4 8.2 19 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

454210 · OH · Warren

311 Vending Machine Operators employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 142 employers in Warren, 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 MARKET-CHARLOTTE 14.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southern Cal OCS 14.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Muncie Vending 14.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Omaha Vending 14.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE K.W. Zellers & Son, Inc. 94 FTE
STATE-SIZE Scherzinger Pest Control 94 FTE
STATE-SIZE AEP Energy Contact Center 94 FTE
STATE-SIZE WESTERN - WEST PARK SHOP 94 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lordstown Complex 2,768 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ultium Cells, Lordstown 2,000 FTE
CITY-NEAR Homegoods Ohio Merchants LLC 1,282 FTE
CITY-NEAR Warren Hospital 953 FTE
NAT-TCR Chandler's Square 14.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Farrell's Maintenance Service 14.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Granite Peak Corp 14.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Cadence Lakewood 14.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brimar Industries 94 FTE
NAT-SIZE Legacy Mechanical Inc 94 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dept. of Corrections (21) 94 FTE
NAT-SIZE WPB West 94 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.