Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Ohio

JHI Group / Firelands Fab

New London, OH · ~26 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

JHI Group / Firelands Fab runs at 157% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

JHI Group / Firelands Fab: 5.2 TCR = 157% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

JHI Group / Firelands Fab safety composite

JHI Group / Firelands Fab scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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).

C

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−2.7

2023→2024

JHI Group / Firelands Fab injury rate improved

JHI Group / Firelands Fab's TCR fell 2.7 from 6.5 in 2023 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=6.5 · 2024=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · New London, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 157% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #41/81
  • PHOTO V&S Schuler Engineer…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: V&S Schuler Engineering, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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JHI Group / Firelands Fab in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows JHI Group / Firelands Fab averages 5.2 TCR (157% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

JHI Group / Firelands Fab TCR series: 2023=6.5 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 3.3

Where JHI Group / Firelands Fab falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #41 safest of 81 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Ohio.

JHI Group / Firelands Fab (26 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate JHI Group / Firelands Fab
JHI Group / Firelands Fab (26 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

JHI Group / Firelands Fab has fewer employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 3.9 0.0 1 0 0
2023 6.5 6.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · OH · New London

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 6 employers in New London, 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 V&S Schuler Engineering, Inc 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR LB METALS LLC 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Steel LLC 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Allied Steel 5.2 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 Kent Water Sports, LLC 98 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Laurels of New London 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR MILLERS MARKETS NEW LONDON 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR Primetals Technologies USA LLC New London 42 FTE
NAT-TCR Norris Cylinder Company - Huntsville 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR St Paul 05 Bldg 76 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Eureka Nursing 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Cherokee Culvert Company, Inc. 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Culligan - Pittsburgh 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Astor Services for Children & Families- Bronx Day Treatment Program 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Transcare 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goodwill Industries of South Central California-Ming & Ashe 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: 2024, 2023. 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.