Direct reduction of iron ore · Ohio

IronUnits LLC

Toledo, OH · ~155 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

IronUnits LLC runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Direct reduction of iron ore workplace, earning a grade C.

IronUnits LLC: 3.0 TCR = 92% of Direct reduction of iron ore BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

IronUnits LLC safety composite

IronUnits LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−0.4

2019→2024

IronUnits LLC injury rate improved

IronUnits LLC's TCR fell 0.4 from 2.3 in 2019 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.3 · 2020=6.1 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331110 · Toledo, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 92% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #32/53
  • PHOTO I/N Tek & Kote
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~155 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: I/N Tek & Kote (0.0 TCR gap)

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IronUnits LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows IronUnits LLC averages 3.0 TCR (92% of the Direct reduction of iron ore BLS benchmark).

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

IronUnits LLC TCR series: 2019=2.3 · 2020=6.1 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where IronUnits LLC falls in its industry

416 Direct reduction of iron ore establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 53 Direct reduction of iron ore employers in Ohio.

IronUnits LLC (155 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate IronUnits LLC
IronUnits LLC (155 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7

IronUnits LLC has more employees than the Direct reduction of iron ore median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 1.9 1.5 3 1 0
2023 2.3 1.3 7 0 0
2022 4.4 1.8 10 0 0
2021 1.1 0.8 3 0 0
2020 6.1 6.1 2 5 0
2019 2.3 2.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331110 · OH · Toledo

416 Direct reduction of iron ore employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 551 employers in Toledo, 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 I/N Tek & Kote 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR M&S Steel, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gerdau Fort Smith Mill 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Universal Stainless - Bridgeville 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Beacon Electric 155 FTE
STATE-SIZE Zanesville (3005 East Pointe Drive) OH Plant 155 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4345 Cincinnati Container 155 FTE
STATE-SIZE Toppan Merrill LLC Grove City 155 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toledo Assembly Complex 5,508 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Toledo Hospital 5,002 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toledo Hospital 4,912 FTE
CITY-NEAR Promedica Downtown Headquarters 3,308 FTE
NAT-TCR Top Notch Distributors, Inc 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR City of St. Louis 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Faribault County 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 023 - W Saginaw Hwy Lansing 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sanders Wood Products-Band Mill 155 FTE
NAT-SIZE Williams Institutional Foods, Inc. 155 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brawner Builders 155 FTE
NAT-SIZE PAM Specialty Hospital of Sarasota 155 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. 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.