Semi-trailer manufacturing · Ohio

Nelson Manufacturing Company

Ottawa, OH · ~79 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nelson Manufacturing Company runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Semi-trailer manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Nelson Manufacturing Company: 2.1 TCR = 65% of Semi-trailer manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nelson Manufacturing Company safety composite

Nelson Manufacturing Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

Nelson Manufacturing Company: 1.2 → 3.5 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 6.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.63× in 2024

Nelson Manufacturing Company's TCR rose 2.2 from 1.2 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336212 · Ottawa, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 65% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #8/37
  • PHOTO Great Dane - Kewanee
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~79 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Great Dane - Kewanee (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nelson Manufacturing Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nelson Manufacturing Company averages 2.1 TCR (65% of the Semi-trailer manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Nelson Manufacturing Company TCR series: 2016=1.2 · 2017=0 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Nelson Manufacturing Company falls in its industry

474 Semi-trailer manufacturing establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 37 Semi-trailer manufacturing employers in Ohio.

Nelson Manufacturing Company (79 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Nelson Manufacturing Company
Nelson Manufacturing Company (79 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Nelson Manufacturing Company has fewer employees than the Semi-trailer manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 3.5 3.5 3 0 0
2023 6.5 6.5 5 0 0
2022 2.8 2.8 2 0 0
2021 2.8 0.0 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.2 0.0 1 0 0
2018 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.2 1.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336212 · OH · Ottawa

474 Semi-trailer manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 19 employers in Ottawa, 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 Great Dane - Kewanee 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carry-On Mexia 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Tex Wills Point 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Evoqua Water Technologies 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Canton South Service Center 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE RedBuilt Ohio 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kokosing, Inc. 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hi-Way Paving, Inc. 79 FTE
CITY-NEAR Whirlpool Corporation 503 FTE
CITY-NEAR Whirlpool Corporation - Ottawa Operations 471 FTE
CITY-NEAR Whirlpool Corporation- Ottawa 440 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2542 223 FTE
NAT-TCR Greenville Solution Plant 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Daltile Lincolnway East 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Frederic Printing 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR MANCHESTER 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Phillips Construction, LLC 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Millennium Technologies Plymouth 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Acme Main Office 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dragon Products Beaumont 79 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.