Molds for forming materials (e.g., glass, plastics, rubber) manufacturing · Ohio

Penco Tool

Ashtabula, OH · ~23 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Penco Tool runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Molds for forming materials (e.g., glass, plastics, rubber) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Penco Tool: 2.1 TCR = 63% of Molds for forming materials (e.g., glass, plastics, rubber) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Penco Tool safety composite

Penco Tool scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−4.2

2019→2021

Penco Tool injury rate improved

Penco Tool's TCR fell 4.2 from 4.2 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.2 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333511 · Ashtabula, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 63% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/17
  • PHOTO Glenwood Tool & Mold
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Glenwood Tool & Mold (0.0 TCR gap)

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Penco Tool in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Penco Tool averages 2.1 TCR (63% of the Molds for forming materials (e.g., glass, plastics, rubber) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Penco Tool TCR series: 2019=4.2 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Penco Tool falls in its industry

216 Molds for forming materials (e establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

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 17 Molds for forming materials (e employers in Ohio.

Penco Tool (23 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Penco Tool
Penco Tool (23 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Penco Tool has fewer employees than the Molds for forming materials (e.g., glass median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333511 · OH · Ashtabula

216 Molds for forming materials (e.g., glass, plastics, rubber) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 85 employers in Ashtabula, 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 Glenwood Tool & Mold 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hi-Tech Mold & Engineering SE 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Utah 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR PCS Company 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE MID EAST PRODUCTION LLC 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schlessman Seed Co 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lake County Nursery 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE LCN Holdings Inc dba Lake County Nursery 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ashtabula County Medical Center 976 FTE
CITY-NEAR Molded Fiber Glass Composite Systems Company 456 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2359 390 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2359 388 FTE
NAT-TCR Livermore Toyota 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR O'Neal Manufacturing Services dba Iowa Laser Technology 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Clover 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE dcc - 270 Shefield St. 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE DA North Justice Center Annex 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Public Defender HJC 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Peachtree Village Farmington 23 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: 2021, 2019. 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.