Fiberglass insulation products manufacturing · Ohio

Midwest Acoust-A-Fiber

Delaware, OH · ~251 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Midwest Acoust-A-Fiber runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fiberglass insulation products manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Midwest Acoust-A-Fiber: 5.1 TCR = 155% of Fiberglass insulation products manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Midwest Acoust-A-Fiber safety composite

Midwest Acoust-A-Fiber scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.2

2018→2024

Midwest Acoust-A-Fiber injury rate improved

Midwest Acoust-A-Fiber's TCR fell 6.2 from 9.8 in 2018 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=9.8 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327993 · Delaware, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 155% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #15/15
  • PHOTO Sound Seal
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 53 inj
  • SIZE ~251 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sound Seal (0.0 TCR gap)

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Midwest Acoust-A-Fiber in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Midwest Acoust-A-Fiber averages 5.1 TCR (155% of the Fiberglass insulation products manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Midwest Acoust-A-Fiber TCR series: 2018=9.8 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Midwest Acoust-A-Fiber falls in its industry

101 Fiberglass insulation products establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 15 Fiberglass insulation products employers in Ohio.

Midwest Acoust-A-Fiber (251 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 126 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 0200400600800 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Midwest Acoust-A-Fiber
Midwest Acoust-A-Fiber (251 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 126 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Midwest Acoust-A-Fiber has more employees than the Fiberglass insulation products manufactu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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 3.6 1.9 11 0 0
2023 4.8 2.9 10 0 0
2022 3.8 1.7 9 0 0
2021 3.7 2.7 7 0 0
2018 9.8 7.3 16 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327993 · OH · Delaware

101 Fiberglass insulation products manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 99 employers in Delaware, 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 Sound Seal 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Penbryn 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Silvercote Macedonia 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Evapco Newton 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Main Office 251 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cooper Standard 251 FTE
STATE-SIZE Essilor USA dba Bell Optical 251 FTE
STATE-SIZE Foodservice Cincinnati - 0572 251 FTE
CITY-NEAR 193-DC001 777 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grady Memorial Hospital 666 FTE
CITY-NEAR Delaware 432 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advance Auto Parts DC 23 414 FTE
NAT-TCR Associated Finishing Inc. 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 3022 LKQ Keystone Linthicum 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR JFFFI-Merced 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Cassone Leasing Inc. 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE HEADQUARTERS 251 FTE
NAT-SIZE 104283 - South Central LRT Extension CMAR 251 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kern Valley Healthcare District 251 FTE
NAT-SIZE Berkeley County School District Office 251 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, 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.