Refrigerators (e.g., absorption, mechanical), household-type, manufacturing · Ohio

Norcold Sidney

Sidney, OH · ~317 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Norcold Sidney runs at 177% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Refrigerators (e.g., absorption, mechanical), household-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Norcold Sidney: 5.8 TCR = 177% of Refrigerators (e.g., absorption, mechanical), household-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Norcold Sidney safety composite

Norcold Sidney scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 34% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 9%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 9% 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

Norcold Sidney: 3.9 → 4.9 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 10.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.42× in 2022

Norcold Sidney's TCR rose 1.1 from 3.9 in 2019 to 4.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 10.8 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335222 · Sidney, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 177% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO Norcold Gettysburg
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 64 inj
  • SIZE ~317 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Norcold Gettysburg (1.2 TCR gap)

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Norcold Sidney in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Norcold Sidney averages 5.8 TCR (177% of the Refrigerators (e.g., absorption, mechanical), household-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Norcold Sidney TCR series: 2019=3.9 · 2020=10.8 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=4.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Norcold Sidney falls in its industry

16 Refrigerators (e.g., absorptio establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Refrigerators (e.g., absorptio employers in Ohio.

Norcold Sidney (317 employees, TCR 5.8) among 8 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 166 employees and a TCR of 4.3 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Sub-Zero Built-InViking Range, LLC - Refrigeration ProductsSupply Chain - DecaturU-Line CorporationWhirlpool CorporationNorcold GettysburgDerby Industries, LLC GalesburgNorthland CorporationNorcold Sidney
Norcold Sidney (317 employees, TCR 5.8) among 8 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 166 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Norcold Sidney has more employees than the Refrigerators (e.g., absorption, mechani median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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
2022 4.9 2.5 12 0 1
2021 3.8 3.2 12 0 0
2020 10.8 9.0 29 1 0
2019 3.9 2.6 11 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335222 · OH · Sidney

16 Refrigerators (e.g., absorption, mechanical), household-type, 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 Norcold Gettysburg 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Viking Range, LLC - Refrigeration Products 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR U-Line Corporation 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Viking Refrigeration Plant 7.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cambridge Facility 317 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 2124 317 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1750 317 FTE
STATE-SIZE Home Care 317 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 PAP Technologies Lancaster 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Stop & Shop 100729 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Stop & Shop Store 0004 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Tops #678 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Select Express & Logistics 317 FTE
NAT-SIZE 589 Walmart Inc 317 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mininger Farms 317 FTE
NAT-SIZE Andrews Federal Bus Facility 317 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.