Farm machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers · Ohio

KTC - Northern Division

Groveport, OH · ~100 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KTC - Northern Division runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Farm machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

KTC - Northern Division: 1.3 TCR = 59% of Farm machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KTC - Northern Division safety composite

KTC - Northern Division scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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

−0.4

2016→2024

KTC - Northern Division injury rate improved

KTC - Northern Division's TCR fell 0.4 from 2.4 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.4 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=1.0 · 2020=1.0 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423820 · Groveport, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.3 · 59% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #5/48
  • PHOTO Gardner Inc. Salem
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~100 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gardner Inc. Salem (0.0 TCR gap)

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KTC - Northern Division in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KTC - Northern Division averages 1.3 TCR (59% of the Farm machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

KTC - Northern Division TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2017=0 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=1 · 2020=1 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=2 · BLS 2.2

Where KTC - Northern Division falls in its industry

700 Farm machinery and equipment m establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 48 Farm machinery and equipment m employers in Ohio.

KTC - Northern Division (100 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate KTC - Northern Division
KTC - Northern Division (100 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 4.2

KTC - Northern Division has more employees than the Farm machinery and equipment merchant wh median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 2.0 2.0 2 0 0
2023 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2022 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2021 1.9 0.0 2 0 0
2020 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2019 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2018 1.1 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 2.4 2.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423820 · OH · Groveport

700 Farm machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 135 employers in Groveport, 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 Gardner Inc. Salem 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crosby Hops Farm, LLC 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR BIRKEY'S FARM STORE, INC. - OAKLAND 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gardner Inc NC 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE NORTHEASTERN - NORTHEAST SHOP 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE All Locations 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Miles-McClellan Construction Company, Inc. 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Precision Pipeline Services 100 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ohio Fulfillment Center (OFC) 1,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 9475 992 FTE
CITY-NEAR Columbus 859 FTE
CITY-NEAR RICART AUTOMOTIVE PERSONNEL INC 737 FTE
NAT-TCR OEC Graphics - Appleton 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR CommScope - Mission 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Midland Operations 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR MGS Mfg. Group, Inc. - Tooling 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0660 Virginia Beach 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0754 Baton Rouge 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Villages at Historic Silvercrest 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bismarck 100 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, 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.