Sheet metal duct work installation · Ohio

Ohio Fabricators, Inc.

Akron, OH · ~18 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ohio Fabricators, Inc. runs at 347% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sheet metal duct work installation workplace, earning a grade F.

Ohio Fabricators, Inc.: 9.7 TCR = 347% of Sheet metal duct work installation BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ohio Fabricators, Inc. safety composite

Ohio Fabricators, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 17.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Ohio Fabricators, Inc.: 0.0 → 29.2 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 29.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.8× in 2019

Ohio Fabricators, Inc.'s TCR rose 29.2 from 0.0 in 2017 to 29.2 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Akron, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.7 · 347% of ind

  • DART 17.5 DART
  • RANK #288/300
  • PHOTO HVAC CONSTRUCTION INC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HVAC CONSTRUCTION INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ohio Fabricators, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ohio Fabricators, Inc. averages 9.7 TCR (347% of the Sheet metal duct work installation BLS benchmark).

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

Ohio Fabricators, Inc. TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=29.2 · BLS 2.8

Where Ohio Fabricators, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Sheet metal duct work installa establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #288 safest of 300 Sheet metal duct work installa employers in Ohio.

Ohio Fabricators, Inc. (18 employees, TCR 9.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ohio Fabricators, Inc.
Ohio Fabricators, Inc. (18 employees, TCR 9.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Ohio Fabricators, Inc. has fewer employees than the Sheet metal duct work installation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2019 29.2 17.5 5 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · OH · Akron

5,793 Sheet metal duct work installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 512 employers in Akron, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR HVAC CONSTRUCTION INC 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ernest Ongaro and Sons 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marriott Hotel 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR PYLES PLUMBING AND UTILITY CONTRACTORS INC 9.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Buckeye Oil Producing Company 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Holmes Supply Corp 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vixcon Co LLC 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sapphire Steel 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron 6,746 FTE
CITY-NEAR Akron Children's Hospital 6,060 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summa Health - Akron City 4,801 FTE
CITY-NEAR Akron General Medical Center 4,176 FTE
NAT-TCR 4054-Abs 0018 3593 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Aperion Care Olney 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Bridge and Decking Constrution 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR AC Buckhead 9.7 TCR

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. 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.