Underground mining machinery manufacturing · Ohio

Joy Global - Bedford Gear

Solon, OH · ~128 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Joy Global - Bedford Gear runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Underground mining machinery manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Joy Global - Bedford Gear: 1.6 TCR = 47% of Underground mining machinery manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Joy Global - Bedford Gear safety composite

Joy Global - Bedford Gear scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−0.6

2016→2018

Joy Global - Bedford Gear injury rate improved

Joy Global - Bedford Gear's TCR fell 0.6 from 1.4 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.5 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.4 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333131 · Solon, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 47% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/8
  • PHOTO Epiroc USA LLC (Inde…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~128 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Epiroc USA LLC (Independence HAT Facility) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Joy Global - Bedford Gear in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Joy Global - Bedford Gear averages 1.6 TCR (47% of the Underground mining machinery manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Joy Global - Bedford Gear TCR series: 2016=1.4 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=0.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Joy Global - Bedford Gear falls in its industry

105 Underground mining machinery m establishments

Safer than 78% 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 #3 safest of 8 Underground mining machinery m employers in Ohio.

Joy Global - Bedford Gear (128 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Joy Global - Bedford Gear
Joy Global - Bedford Gear (128 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Joy Global - Bedford Gear has more employees than the Underground mining machinery manufacturi median and a lower 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
2018 0.8 0.0 1 0 0
2017 2.5 0.8 2 1 0
2016 1.4 0.0 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333131 · OH · Solon

105 Underground mining machinery manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 145 employers in Solon, 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 Epiroc USA LLC (Independence HAT Facility) 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Triple/S Dynamics - Dallas MFG 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Komtasu - National Ave 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Joy Global - Reno 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Monfort Heights 128 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schumacher Homes of Operations, Inc 128 FTE
STATE-SIZE Romanoff Electric Inc 128 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sexton Industrial 128 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swagelok OFC 1,274 FTE
CITY-NEAR Order Fulfillment Center 1,230 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nestle USA 1,175 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swagelok Main Plant 1,051 FTE
NAT-TCR Boggs & Poole Contracting Group, Inc 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR RCX Oklahoma 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR RENEW Abilene office 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Homestead Paving Co. 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Compassionate Care Hospice of Clifton 128 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jimmy's Steer House - Arlington 128 FTE
NAT-SIZE Schutt Reconditioning 128 FTE
NAT-SIZE Santa Ana FS (SSS,CSS) 128 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.