Exhaust systems and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · Ohio
OPW Knappaco
Hamilton, OH · ~148 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.4
- Avg TCR
- 5.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
OPW Knappaco runs at 8% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Exhaust systems and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
OPW Knappaco: 0.4 TCR = 8% of Exhaust systems and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
OPW Knappaco safety composite
OPW Knappaco scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% 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).
83/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.43 per 100 workers
Safer than 97% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 89% 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
−0.8
2021→2024
OPW Knappaco injury rate improved
OPW Knappaco's TCR fell 0.8 from 0.8 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 0.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2021=0.8 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=0.5 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336390 · Hamilton, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 8% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #1/91
- PHOTO NSU Corporation
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~148 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: NSU Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)
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OPW Knappaco in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- US MI North Ri
US MI North Riley Campus
0.5 TCR
- This site
OPW Knappaco
0.4 TCR
- NSU Corporatio
NSU Corporation
0.4 TCR
- Thermal Struct
Thermal Structures - Midwest Division
0.4 TCR
- Cummins Emissi
Cummins Emissions Solutions
0.4 TCR
What this shows OPW Knappaco averages 0.4 TCR (8% of the Exhaust systems and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
OPW Knappaco TCR series: 2021=0.8 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=0.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 5.4
Where OPW Knappaco falls in its industry
772 Exhaust systems and parts, aut establishmentsSafer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 91 Exhaust systems and parts, aut employers in Ohio.
OPW Knappaco has fewer employees than the Exhaust systems and parts, automotive, t median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336390 · OH · Hamilton
772 Exhaust systems and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 153 employers in Hamilton, 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 | NSU Corporation | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Thermal Structures - Midwest Division | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | US MI North Riley Campus | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cummins Emissions Solutions | 0.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | AZCO INC. - Iron Units | 148 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Nickolas M Savko & Sons | 148 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 055-PL001 | 148 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BASF Corporation | 148 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fort Hamilton Hospital | 1,011 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 3638-F | 890 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | thyssenkrupp Bilstein of America | 657 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | thyssenkrupp Bilstein Main Plant | 653 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Tilson Built Company - Houston | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Microchip Technology Inc. Hauppauge | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Denver Construction Co. | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | DSM nutritional products Kingstree | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | St Joseph of Harahan, LLC | 148 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Specialty Concrete - Austin | 148 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Takako America Co., Inc. | 148 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Legacy Village of Stillwater | 148 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.