Reclaiming rubber from waste or scrap · Ohio

Midwest Elastomers Inc.

Wapakoneta, OH · ~56 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Midwest Elastomers Inc. runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Reclaiming rubber from waste or scrap workplace, earning a grade C.

Midwest Elastomers Inc.: 3.0 TCR = 92% of Reclaiming rubber from waste or scrap BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Midwest Elastomers Inc. safety composite

Midwest Elastomers Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

Midwest Elastomers Inc.: 1.9 → 6.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 6.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.62× in 2024

Midwest Elastomers Inc.'s TCR rose 4.6 from 1.9 in 2020 to 6.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326299 · Wapakoneta, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 92% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK #24/47
  • PHOTO Xerium / Stowe Woodw…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Xerium / Stowe Woodward WI (0.0 TCR gap)

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Midwest Elastomers Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Midwest Elastomers Inc. averages 3.0 TCR (92% of the Reclaiming rubber from waste or scrap BLS benchmark).

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

Midwest Elastomers Inc. TCR series: 2020=1.9 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=6.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Midwest Elastomers Inc. falls in its industry

257 Reclaiming rubber from waste o establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 47 Reclaiming rubber from waste o employers in Ohio.

Midwest Elastomers Inc. (56 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0100200300400500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Midwest Elastomers Inc.
Midwest Elastomers Inc. (56 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Midwest Elastomers Inc. has fewer employees than the Reclaiming rubber from waste or scrap median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 6.5 4.9 4 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 1 0
2022 3.2 1.6 1 1 0
2021 3.5 0.0 0 2 0
2020 1.9 1.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326299 · OH · Wapakoneta

257 Reclaiming rubber from waste or scrap employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 43 employers in Wapakoneta, 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 Xerium / Stowe Woodward WI 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marian Chicago 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR DiaCom Corporation 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tepro Incorporated 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rindler Poultry LLC 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Canton General Service Center 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE 919-NiSource-Chillicothe OH-Three Rivers Op 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE 977-NiSource-Findlay OH-Lake Erie Op Ctr 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3300 301 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3300 253 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pratt (Wapakoneta Corrugating), LLC 182 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wapakoneta 168 FTE
NAT-TCR Point Broadband Fiber Holding, LLC 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Delta Steel #01074 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR FoodMate US 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 10358 Fairview 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Adtec II Tampa, Inc. 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Logixster LLC 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Centre Pointe Resources 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE oficina principal 56 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. 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.