Metering panels, electric, manufacturing · Ohio

Koester Corporation

Napoleon, OH · ~52 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Koester Corporation runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Metering panels, electric, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Koester Corporation: 2.1 TCR = 63% of Metering panels, electric, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Koester Corporation safety composite

Koester Corporation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Koester Corporation: 6.0 → 6.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 6.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.04× in 2024

Koester Corporation's TCR rose 0.5 from 6.0 in 2017 to 6.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335313 · Napoleon, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 63% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #9/20
  • PHOTO Schneider Electric L…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Schneider Electric Lexington, KY (0.0 TCR gap)

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Koester Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Koester Corporation averages 2.1 TCR (63% of the Metering panels, electric, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Koester Corporation TCR series: 2017=6 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=6.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Koester Corporation falls in its industry

226 Metering panels, electric, man establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

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 20 Metering panels, electric, man employers in Ohio.

Koester Corporation (52 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 115 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Koester Corporation
Koester Corporation (52 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 115 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Koester Corporation has fewer employees than the Metering panels, electric, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 6.4 2.1 3 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 6.0 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335313 · OH · Napoleon

226 Metering panels, electric, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 51 employers in Napoleon, 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 Schneider Electric Lexington, KY 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR S&C Electric Company Chicago 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR PARMA SAT OH 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Switching Business Unit 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Massillon 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Power Home Solar Columbus 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hartwell 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Daimler Group 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Filling Homes 346 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Filling Memorial Home of Mercy, Inc. 345 FTE
CITY-NEAR JAC Products Inc. 284 FTE
CITY-NEAR Napoleon Facility 269 FTE
NAT-TCR G M Die Casting 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Schaumburg, IL 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR GALLATIN 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR European American Association 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hamilton County Telephone Co-op 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Mt. Vernon IL Police Department 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Manor Hills 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE East Hanover 52 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, 2017. 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.