Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Ohio

Ripley Metalworks

Name: Ripley Metalworks Workplace Safety Data
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Ripley, OH · ~52 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ripley Metalworks runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Ripley Metalworks: 2.5 TCR = 75% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ripley Metalworks safety composite

Ripley Metalworks scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

Ripley Metalworks: 0.0 → 4.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 4.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.94× in 2023

Ripley Metalworks's TCR rose 4.7 from 0.0 in 2020 to 4.7 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Ripley, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 75% of ind

DART 2.3 DART
RANK #11/81
PHOTO Steele Solutions Inc…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Steele Solutions Inc - Franklin (0.0 TCR gap)

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Steele Solutio

2.5
Mid South Fabr

2.5
Contech GADST

2.5
Plant Fabricat

2.5

What this shows Ripley Metalworks averages 2.5 TCR (75% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Ripley Metalworks TCR series: 2020=0 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=4.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Ripley Metalworks falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 81 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Ohio.

Ripley Metalworks (52 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Ripley Metalworks has fewer employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2023	4.7	2.3	2
2022	2.8	0.0	1
2020	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · OH · Ripley

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 6 employers in Ripley, 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	Steele Solutions Inc - Franklin	FRANKLIN, WI	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mid South Fabrication & Coating	WHITE OAK, TX	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Contech GADST	FORT PAYNE, AL	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Plant Fabricators, Inc.	FLORESVILLE, TX	2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Massillon	MASSILLON	52 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Power Home Solar Columbus	WORTHINGTON	52 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hartwell	CINCINNATI	52 FTE
STATE-SIZE	The Daimler Group	COLUMBUS	52 FTE
CITY-NEAR	OVM Investment Group, LLC	Ripley	205 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ohio Valley Manor	Ripley	195 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ripley Keepfit	Ripley	30 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ripley Metals	Ripley	22 FTE
NAT-TCR	Herff Jones Yearbook Division	Edwardsville, KS	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Midwest Block - Stlb	Bridgeton, MO	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Petco, Inc.	Lake Forest, IL	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Iseli Co	Walworth, WI	2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Biewer of Lansing	Lansing, MI	52 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rogers Motor, LLC.	Lewiston, ID	52 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Priority Acura	Chesapeake, VA	52 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Arrow-Granby	Granby, CT	52 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: 2023, 2022, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.