Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing · Ohio

Republic Powdered Metals - Media Plant

Name: Republic Powdered Metals - Media Plant Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Medina, OH · ~25 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Republic Powdered Metals - Media Plant runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Republic Powdered Metals - Media Plant: 1.8 TCR = 55% of Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Republic Powdered Metals - Media Plant safety composite

Republic Powdered Metals - Media Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% 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).

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Republic Powdered Metals - Media Plant: 0.0 → 3.7 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 3.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2018

Republic Powdered Metals - Media Plant's TCR rose 3.7 from 0.0 in 2017 to 3.7 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325510 · Medina, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 55% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #26/58
PHOTO PACE INDUSTRIES JEL
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PACE INDUSTRIES JEL (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wilko Paint, I

1.9
Anchor Paint M

1.9
This site

1.8
PACE INDUSTRIE

1.8
Sun Coatings P

1.8

What this shows Republic Powdered Metals - Media Plant averages 1.8 TCR (55% of the Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Republic Powdered Metals - Media Plant TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=3.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Republic Powdered Metals - Media Plant falls in its industry

530 Architectural coatings (i.e., establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 58 Architectural coatings (i.e., employers in Ohio.

Republic Powdered Metals - Media Plant (25 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Republic Powdered Metals - Media Plant has fewer employees than the Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) man median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2018	3.7	0.0	1	0	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · OH · Medina

530 Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 124 employers in Medina, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	PACE INDUSTRIES JEL	CHELMSFORD, MA	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Wilko Paint, Inc.	WICHITA, KS	1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sun Coatings Phoenix ICP BSG	PHOENIX, AZ	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Anchor Paint Manufacturing Co., Inc.	TULSA, OK	1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Rittman Orchards	DOYLESTOWN	25 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Convoy Dairy LLC	CONVOY	25 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kalmbach Swine Management	UPPER SANDUSKY	25 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Nature Pure Farm 2	WEST MANSFIELD	25 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Medina Hospital	Medina	1,005 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sandridge Food Corporation	Medina	642 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sandridge Food Corporation - Medina	Medina	627 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Carlisle Brake and Friction	Medina	451 FTE
NAT-TCR	Membership	Batavia, NY	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Olivette (PC)	Olivette, MO	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Orange Avenue (Flora)	Orlando, FL	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bearcreek Warehouse	Hannibal, MO	1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Corpus Christi (GCR)	Corpus Christi, TX	25 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Devner Retread (GCR)	Denver, CO	25 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Great Western Co., LLC Assumption	Assumption, IL	25 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tmx2034 - Portland	Wilsonville, OR	25 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: 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.