Mulchers, lawn and garden-type, manufacturing · Ohio

Ohio Steel Industries Inc

Columbus, OH · ~108 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ohio Steel Industries Inc runs at 225% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Mulchers, lawn and garden-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Ohio Steel Industries Inc: 7.4 TCR = 225% of Mulchers, lawn and garden-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ohio Steel Industries Inc safety composite

Ohio Steel Industries Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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

−5.5

2016→2024

Ohio Steel Industries Inc injury rate improved

Ohio Steel Industries Inc's TCR fell 5.5 from 11.9 in 2016 to 6.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.9 · 2017=1.9 · 2018=8.7 · 2019=8.2 · 2024=6.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333112 · Columbus, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 225% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #6/8
  • PHOTO Wright Manufacturing
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 39 inj
  • SIZE ~108 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wright Manufacturing (0.2 TCR gap)

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Ohio Steel Industries Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ohio Steel Industries Inc averages 7.4 TCR (225% of the Mulchers, lawn and garden-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ohio Steel Industries Inc TCR series: 2016=11.9 · 2017=1.9 · 2018=8.7 · 2019=8.2 · 2024=6.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Ohio Steel Industries Inc falls in its industry

91 Mulchers, lawn and garden-type establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 8 Mulchers, lawn and garden-type employers in Ohio.

Ohio Steel Industries Inc (108 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ohio Steel Industries Inc
Ohio Steel Industries Inc (108 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Ohio Steel Industries Inc has fewer employees than the Mulchers, lawn and garden-type, manufact median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 6.4 2.1 2 1 0
2019 8.2 7.4 8 2 0
2018 8.7 7.2 12 0 0
2017 1.9 0.9 1 1 0
2016 11.9 9.7 16 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333112 · OH · Columbus

91 Mulchers, lawn and garden-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,500 employers in Columbus, 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 Wright Manufacturing 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR FEMCO Inc 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ohio Steel Industries, Manufacturing 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kipp - Landpride 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Central Egg Processing 108 FTE
STATE-SIZE LaRoche Tree Service, Inc. 108 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mielke Ohio 108 FTE
STATE-SIZE Decko Products, LLC 108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nationwide Children's Hospital 13,367 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nationwide Children's Hospital Main Campus 10,116 FTE
CITY-NEAR Riverside Methodist Hospital 9,759 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CMH1 5,057 FTE
NAT-TCR Nymtv - Mt Vernon 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Harris Spice 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Ace Hardware Retail Support Center 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR The General Jackson Showboat 7.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Advantage Drywall, Inc. 108 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cayuga Generating Station 108 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3013 Cash Wise New Ulm 108 FTE
NAT-SIZE Weekapaug Inn 108 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.