Potting soil manufacturing · Ohio

Jiffy Products of America

Lorain, OH · ~56 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Jiffy Products of America runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Potting soil manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Jiffy Products of America: 4.1 TCR = 124% of Potting soil manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Jiffy Products of America safety composite

Jiffy Products of America scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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

−4.8

2023→2024

Jiffy Products of America injury rate improved

Jiffy Products of America's TCR fell 4.8 from 6.5 in 2023 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=6.5 · 2024=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325314 · Lorain, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 124% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #9/15
  • PHOTO Atlas Peat & Soil, S…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Atlas Peat & Soil, Superior Mulch, Yard Improvements (0.0 TCR gap)

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Jiffy Products of America in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Jiffy Products of America averages 4.1 TCR (124% of the Potting soil manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Jiffy Products of America TCR series: 2023=6.5 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Jiffy Products of America falls in its industry

163 Potting soil manufacturing establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 15 Potting soil manufacturing employers in Ohio.

Jiffy Products of America (56 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Jiffy Products of America
Jiffy Products of America (56 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Jiffy Products of America has more employees than the Potting soil manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2023 6.5 4.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325314 · OH · Lorain

163 Potting soil manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 85 employers in Lorain, 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 Atlas Peat & Soil, Superior Mulch, Yard Improvements 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Easy Gardener, Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Royal Gold LLC 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lockeford Facility - 04 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rindler Poultry LLC 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Canton General Service Center 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE 919-NiSource-Chillicothe OH-Three Rivers Op 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE 977-NiSource-Findlay OH-Lake Erie Op Ctr 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Regional Medical Center 1,578 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Regional Medical Center 1,404 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lorain Family Health Center & Surgery Center 506 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lorain FHC Surgery 412 FTE
NAT-TCR 192 - Rockford IL 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR SJC 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR L&M Logistics Group, Inc 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Standard Sheet Metal Works, Inc 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Stateview Hotel 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lindco Inc 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE 062 - Hanford Ca 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stively Commercial Coatings 56 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.