Applicators, wood, manufacturing · Ohio

Oak Chips, Inc.

Waverly, OH · ~25 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Oak Chips, Inc. runs at 103% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Applicators, wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Oak Chips, Inc.: 3.4 TCR = 103% of Applicators, wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Oak Chips, Inc. safety composite

Oak Chips, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

TCR Δ

−16.5

2016→2024

Oak Chips, Inc. injury rate improved

Oak Chips, Inc.'s TCR fell 16.5 from 16.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 16.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=16.5 · 2017=9.2 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321999 · Waverly, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 103% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/22
  • PHOTO AAkron Rule Corp. - …
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AAkron Rule Corp. - Bakewell (0.0 TCR gap)

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Oak Chips, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Oak Chips, Inc. averages 3.4 TCR (103% of the Applicators, wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Oak Chips, Inc. TCR series: 2016=16.5 · 2017=9.2 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Oak Chips, Inc. falls in its industry

405 Applicators, wood, manufacturi establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 22 Applicators, wood, manufacturi employers in Ohio.

Oak Chips, Inc. (25 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Oak Chips, Inc.
Oak Chips, Inc. (25 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Oak Chips, Inc. has fewer employees than the Applicators, wood, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.8 4.8 1 0 0
2017 9.2 3.1 3 0 0
2016 16.5 7.0 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321999 · OH · Waverly

405 Applicators, wood, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 22 employers in Waverly, 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 AAkron Rule Corp. - Bakewell 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carris Reels IN 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bally Block 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mulch Manufacturing Callahan 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rittman Orchards 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Convoy Dairy LLC 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kalmbach Swine Management 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nature Pure Farm 2 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kirchhoff Automotive 432 FTE
CITY-NEAR RK-896-Waverly ( RK-896 ) 374 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2572 213 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2572 205 FTE
NAT-TCR Retrodome 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR The Fresh Market 049 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR CW Sheet Metal Inc 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR CMC Rebar Las Vegas 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE York Creek Apartments, LLC 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thomas Gleason Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Giese Roofing Company 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE O'Neal Melton And Sons, Inc. 25 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.