Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing · Ohio

Lochard

Sidney, OH · ~65 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lochard runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Lochard: 4.2 TCR = 128% of Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lochard safety composite

Lochard scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 56% 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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

Lochard: 2.8 → 5.7 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 5.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.33× in 2019

Lochard's TCR rose 2.9 from 2.8 in 2018 to 5.7 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Sidney, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 128% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #37/90
  • PHOTO Four C's Construction
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Four C's Construction (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lochard in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lochard averages 4.2 TCR (128% of the Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Lochard TCR series: 2018=2.8 · 2019=5.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Lochard falls in its industry

1,158 Ducts, sheet metal, manufactur establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 90 Ducts, sheet metal, manufactur employers in Ohio.

Lochard (65 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Lochard
Lochard (65 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Lochard has more employees than the Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2019 5.7 1.4 4 0 0
2018 2.8 1.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · OH · Sidney

1,158 Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 100 employers in Sidney, 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 Four C's Construction 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pinnacle Precision Sheet Metal 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Royston Hamilton 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ply Gem Industries, Inc. 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Steubenville Svc Bldg 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lima Svc Ctr 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Athens Office/Service Center 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Douglas Company, (Inc.) 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wilson Health 797 FTE
CITY-NEAR Main Campus 550 FTE
CITY-NEAR NK Parts Main Campus 433 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1331 362 FTE
NAT-TCR 18500 Kieth Harrow Blvd 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 5472-Swy 0035 2753 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hyatt Place Bloomington 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0020 2481 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ardagh Metal Beverage-Elk Grove 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6962-Abs 0028 2572 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6962-Abs 0028 2558 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5 Shelter Rock Rd 65 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: 2019, 2018. 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.