Coating metals and metal products for the trade · Ohio

Lima, OH - MK Plant 25

Lima, OH · ~116 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lima, OH - MK Plant 25 runs at 181% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Coating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

Lima, OH - MK Plant 25: 6.0 TCR = 181% of Coating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lima, OH - MK Plant 25 safety composite

Lima, OH - MK Plant 25 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Lima, OH - MK Plant 25: 3.3 → 8.5 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 13.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.61× in 2024

Lima, OH - MK Plant 25's TCR rose 5.2 from 3.3 in 2016 to 8.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 13.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332812 · Lima, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 181% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #38/52
  • PHOTO V&S Taunton Galvaniz…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 49 inj
  • SIZE ~116 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: V&S Taunton Galvanizing LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lima, OH - MK Plant 25 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lima, OH - MK Plant 25 averages 6.0 TCR (181% of the Coating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Lima, OH - MK Plant 25 TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=6 · 2020=5.5 · 2021=0 · 2022=6.4 · 2023=13.2 · 2024=8.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Lima, OH - MK Plant 25 falls in its industry

646 Coating metals and metal produ establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 52 Coating metals and metal produ employers in Ohio.

Lima, OH - MK Plant 25 (116 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Lima, OH - MK Plant 25
Lima, OH - MK Plant 25 (116 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Lima, OH - MK Plant 25 has more employees than the Coating metals and metal products for th median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 8.5 3.7 7 0 0
2023 13.2 9.3 10 0 0
2022 6.4 4.8 7 1 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 5.5 4.1 4 0 0
2018 6.0 4.0 9 0 0
2017 4.7 2.7 7 0 0
2016 3.3 3.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332812 · OH · Lima

646 Coating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 243 employers in Lima, 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 V&S Taunton Galvanizing LLC 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1 Pheasant Run 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Petersburg VA 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Flame Spray North America 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE AKRON - EASTWOOD SHOP 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shook Construction Co. - Brecksville 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Strawser Construction Inc. Construction Shop 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Xtreme Elements LLC 116 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center 2,540 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Rita's Medical Center 2,531 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Ritas Medical Center 2,445 FTE
CITY-NEAR LIMA ENGINE 1,457 FTE
NAT-TCR DFC Manufacturing Group LLC dba Sharples 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hanlon Acoustical Ceilings Co. LLC 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Valley Rubber LLC 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR SACC 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Family Brands LLC 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE AIG Logistics, LLC 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lucid Motors Gila Bend 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Packaging Corporation - Deforest 116 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, 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.