Tubing, flexible metal, manufacturing · Ohio

Niles LB Foster

Niles, OH · ~30 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Niles LB Foster runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Tubing, flexible metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Niles LB Foster: 1.7 TCR = 52% of Tubing, flexible metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Niles LB Foster safety composite

Niles LB Foster scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

Niles LB Foster held a steady TCR band

Niles LB Foster's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332999 · Niles, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 52% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/80
  • PHOTO Three D Metals, Inc.…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Three D Metals, Inc. Alabama (0.0 TCR gap)

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Niles LB Foster in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Niles LB Foster averages 1.7 TCR (52% of the Tubing, flexible metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Niles LB Foster TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Niles LB Foster falls in its industry

827 Tubing, flexible metal, manufa establishments

Safer than 85% 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 #10 safest of 80 Tubing, flexible metal, manufa employers in Ohio.

Niles LB Foster (30 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Niles LB Foster
Niles LB Foster (30 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Niles LB Foster has fewer employees than the Tubing, flexible 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.2 0.0 1 0 0
2017 3.6 3.6 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332999 · OH · Niles

827 Tubing, flexible metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 54 employers in Niles, 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 Three D Metals, Inc. Alabama 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lebanon 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR TACO Seating 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR NARSTCO-Cedar Hill 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tuente Farms Inc 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farm 3 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trillium Farms Layer 6 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Canton Hatchery 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Niles, OH 641 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alorica Business Solutions LLC- Niles 610 FTE
CITY-NEAR Howmet Aerospace - Niles Operations 542 FTE
CITY-NEAR Howmet Aerospace - Niles Operastions 435 FTE
NAT-TCR Redner's Quick Shoppe Northampton 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0005 2667 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 4255 Lexington Avenue N 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0005 2918 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE 150 - Los Angeles 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tuff Shed Store 210 - Houston - SC 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4007 Apex 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3333 Colorado Springs Millwork 30 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, 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.