Wheelchairs manufacturing · Ohio

Invacare Elyria Operations

Name: Invacare Elyria Operations Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Elyria, OH · ~174 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Invacare Elyria Operations runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Wheelchairs manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Invacare Elyria Operations: 2.3 TCR = 70% of Wheelchairs manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Invacare Elyria Operations safety composite

Invacare Elyria Operations scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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).

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

Invacare Elyria Operations: 2.0 → 5.2 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 5.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.68× in 2021

Invacare Elyria Operations's TCR rose 3.2 from 2.0 in 2016 to 5.2 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339113 · Elyria, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 70% of ind

DART 1.6 DART
RANK #15/19
PHOTO Stryker/ Mako
BOOK 5y book
INJ 21 inj
SIZE ~174 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Stryker/ Mako (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.3
Stryker/ Mako

2.3
MD Orthopaedic

2.3
Zimmer Biomet

2.3
Boston Orthoti

2.3

What this shows Invacare Elyria Operations averages 2.3 TCR (70% of the Wheelchairs manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Invacare Elyria Operations TCR series: 2016=2 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=1 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=5.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Invacare Elyria Operations falls in its industry

555 Wheelchairs manufacturing establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 19 Wheelchairs manufacturing employers in Ohio.

Invacare Elyria Operations (174 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 123 employees and a TCR of 2.1

Invacare Elyria Operations has more employees than the Wheelchairs manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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
2021	5.2	1.6	9	1
2020	1.2	1.2	2	0
2018	1.0	0.5	2	0
2017	2.2	1.1	4	0
2016	2.0	1.0	4	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339113 · OH · Elyria

555 Wheelchairs manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 118 employers in Elyria, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Stryker/ Mako	DAVIE, FL	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MD Orthopaedics, Inc.	WAYLAND, IA	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Zimmer Biomet Fair Lawn Foundry	FAIR LAWN, NJ	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Boston Orthotics and Prosthetics	AVON, MA	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	United Dairy - Martins Ferry	MARTINS FERRY	174 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Martel Bakery Mix, LLC	CALEDONIA	174 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Allen Division	COLUMBUS	174 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Akers Packaging Middletown	MIDDLETOWN	174 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Elyria Medical Center	Elyria	1,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, LLC - Elyria	Elyria	680 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ridge Tool	Elyria	655 FTE
CITY-NEAR	4255	Elyria	404 FTE
NAT-TCR	Sodexo at Grand Canyon University - Subw	Phoenix, AZ	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Pleasanton Yard	Pleasanton, TX	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Scodeller Construction Inc.	Wixom, MI	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Magnolia Bird Farm	Anaheim, CA	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Shiloh Clarksville	Clarksville, TN	174 FTE
NAT-SIZE	All job sites	Hayward, CA	174 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Metro Nash Emergency Communications Dept.	Nashville, TN	174 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hathaway Manor Extended Care	New Bedford, MA	174 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.