Coaxial mechanical face seals manufacturing · Ohio

Johnson Bros. - West Salem, Inc.

West Salem, OH · ~107 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Johnson Bros. - West Salem, Inc. runs at 229% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Coaxial mechanical face seals manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Johnson Bros. - West Salem, Inc.: 7.6 TCR = 229% of Coaxial mechanical face seals manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Johnson Bros. - West Salem, Inc. safety composite

Johnson Bros. - West Salem, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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).

F

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.0

2016→2021

Johnson Bros. - West Salem, Inc. injury rate improved

Johnson Bros. - West Salem, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.0 from 8.0 in 2016 to 5.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.0 · 2017=9.0 · 2018=7.1 · 2019=8.7 · 2021=5.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339991 · West Salem, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 229% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #23/23
  • PHOTO Seal & Design Higbee…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 35 inj
  • SIZE ~107 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Seal & Design Higbee Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Johnson Bros. - West Salem, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Johnson Bros. - West Salem, Inc. averages 7.6 TCR (229% of the Coaxial mechanical face seals manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Johnson Bros. - West Salem, Inc. TCR series: 2016=8 · 2017=9 · 2018=7.1 · 2019=8.7 · 2021=5 · BLS 3.3

Where Johnson Bros. - West Salem, Inc. falls in its industry

218 Coaxial mechanical face seals establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 23 Coaxial mechanical face seals employers in Ohio.

Johnson Bros. - West Salem, Inc. (107 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 84 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Johnson Bros. - West Salem, Inc.
Johnson Bros. - West Salem, Inc. (107 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 84 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Johnson Bros. - West Salem, Inc. has more employees than the Coaxial mechanical face seals manufactur median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2021 5.0 4.0 5 0 0
2019 8.7 8.7 8 0 0
2018 7.1 6.1 7 0 0
2017 9.0 3.4 8 0 0
2016 8.0 3.4 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339991 · OH · West Salem

218 Coaxial mechanical face seals manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 5 employers in West Salem, 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 Seal & Design Higbee Inc 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR ZHONGDING USA CADILLAC INC 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Press-Seal Corporation 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Gasket Corporation 7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE 292-NiSource-Columbus OH-East Op Ctr 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE GEILERCO 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anderson Aluminum Corporation 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE Reliable Contractors Inc 107 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Augers, Inc. 216 FTE
CITY-NEAR Johnson Bros West Salem, Inc. 126 FTE
CITY-NEAR Premium Building Products 113 FTE
CITY-NEAR West Salem 49 FTE
NAT-TCR Chattanooga Tent Company 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR The Fresh Market 214 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Recycling 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Baltimore 7.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hanes GEO Componets 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Illinois Manufacturing Company 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ewing Location 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2967-PA20 107 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.