Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing · Ohio

Novagard Solutions LLC

Cleveland, OH · ~141 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Novagard Solutions LLC runs at 78% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Novagard Solutions LLC: 2.6 TCR = 78% of Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Novagard Solutions LLC safety composite

Novagard Solutions LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−508.4

2023→2024

Novagard Solutions LLC injury rate improved

Novagard Solutions LLC's TCR fell 508.4 from 510.9 in 2023 to 2.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 510.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=510.9 · 2024=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325520 · Cleveland, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 78% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #17/38
  • PHOTO Worthen Industries N…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~141 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Worthen Industries Nashua South (0.0 TCR gap)

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Novagard Solutions LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Novagard Solutions LLC averages 2.6 TCR (78% of the Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Novagard Solutions LLC TCR series: 2023=510.9 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Novagard Solutions LLC falls in its industry

287 Adhesives (except asphalt, den establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 38 Adhesives (except asphalt, den employers in Ohio.

Novagard Solutions LLC (141 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Novagard Solutions LLC
Novagard Solutions LLC (141 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Novagard Solutions LLC has more employees than the Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 2.6 1.9 4 0 0
2023 510.9 510.9 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325520 · OH · Cleveland

287 Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 922 employers in Cleveland, 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 Worthen Industries Nashua South 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR E-Z Weld 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Henkel US Operations Corporation 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kernersville Adhesive Plant 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corporate Office 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE Delaware Container 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE Franklin 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE PLASKOLITE, LLC - ZANESVILLE 141 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cleveland Clinic Main Campus 25,629 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Cleveland Clinic Foundation 20,763 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cleveland Medical Center 10,377 FTE
CITY-NEAR SILCO FIRE & SECURITY - CLEVELAND 3,641 FTE
NAT-TCR Pleasant Valley Farm Inc 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Facility Interiors, Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Cardinal Health Aurora, IL PD 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Nutranext 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gen3 Co LLC 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE 233 - Jacksonville Fl 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2691 Hornbacher's Moorhead 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE 8020718 Wrigley Chattanooga TN 141 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. 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.