Central cooling equipment and piping installation · Ohio
OBR Cooling Towers, Inc.
NORTHWOOD, OH · ~198 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
OBR Cooling Towers, Inc. runs at 19% of its industry's injury rate — far safer than the typical Central cooling equipment and piping installation workplace — earning a grade A.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.5
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 2.8
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 5
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares OBR Cooling Towers, Inc.'s OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 5 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024).
Injury rate over time
OBR Cooling Towers, Inc.'s yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.8 industry benchmark.
Total Case Rate (recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers), OSHA ITA Form 300A. Industry benchmark: BLS IIF, NAICS 238220.
OBR Cooling Towers, Inc. has an average TCR of 0.5, which is 19% of the industry average (2.8) for Central cooling equipment and piping installation. This is significantly better than average.
Safety Insights for OBR Cooling Towers, Inc.
OBR Cooling Towers, Inc. operates an establishment with approximately 198 full-time equivalent workers in NORTHWOOD, OH, classified under the Central cooling equipment and piping installation industry (NAICS 238220). Across 5 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 5 recordable injuries, 0 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 0.5 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the A letter grade (Excellent Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 2.8 for Central cooling equipment and piping installation, OBR Cooling Towers, Inc.'s workforce experiences 19% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR below the benchmark signals that controls, training, or automation may be outperforming peers.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 5 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating OBR Cooling Towers, Inc. as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from OBR Cooling Towers, Inc.'s own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 238220 — Central cooling equipment and piping installation.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2024)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 541,320 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| OBR Cooling Towers, Inc. (this establishment) | 0.53 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 5-year avg |
| Mechanical contractors industry avg | 2.80 | BLS IIF, NAICS 238220 |
| Ohio state avg (all industries) | 3.90 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by OBR Cooling Towers, Inc. to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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