Boots (e.g., hiking, western, work) merchant wholesalers · Ohio

Rocky Brands, Inc.

Nelsonville, OH · ~173 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rocky Brands, Inc. runs at 6% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Boots (e.g., hiking, western, work) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

Rocky Brands, Inc.: 0.1 TCR = 6% of Boots (e.g., hiking, western, work) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rocky Brands, Inc. safety composite

Rocky Brands, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−1.1

2016→2024

Rocky Brands, Inc. injury rate improved

Rocky Brands, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.1 from 1.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.1 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424340 · Nelsonville, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.1 · 6% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/7
  • PHOTO Boston Office
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~173 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Boston Office (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rocky Brands, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rocky Brands, Inc. averages 0.1 TCR (6% of the Boots (e.g., hiking, western, work) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Rocky Brands, Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Rocky Brands, Inc. falls in its industry

30 Boots (e.g., hiking, western, establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 7 Boots (e.g., hiking, western, employers in Ohio.

Rocky Brands, Inc. (173 employees, TCR 0.1) among 16 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 136 employees and a TCR of 1.7 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 17 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 0100200300400500 012345 Average employees Total Case Rate Rocky Brands, Inc.
Rocky Brands, Inc. (173 employees, TCR 0.1) among 16 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 136 employees and a TCR of 1.7

Rocky Brands, Inc. has more employees than the Boots (e.g., hiking, western, work) merc median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.7. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.1 1.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424340 · OH · Nelsonville

30 Boots (e.g., hiking, western, work) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 9 employers in Nelsonville, 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 Boston Office 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Superfeet HQ - Ferndale 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dansko Holdings Inc 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ohio Headquarters 0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Shelly Northwest construction 173 FTE
STATE-SIZE Weidmann Electrical Technology Inc. 173 FTE
STATE-SIZE WS Packaging Group, Inc - Mason/WSA 173 FTE
STATE-SIZE ArcelorMittal Warren (EIN 043634649) 173 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rocky Brands US, LLC 186 FTE
CITY-NEAR 016-00529 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lehigh Outfitters, LLC 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nelsonville Hauling Operations 40 FTE
NAT-TCR Parnall East 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR El Paso Tx Info Cen 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Landis+Gyr Alpharetta GA 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Pratt & Whitney - West Palm Beach 0.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Southwest Demolition Services 173 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lion Country Safari, Inc. - FL 173 FTE
NAT-SIZE Memphis - BCBST 173 FTE
NAT-SIZE Evansville 173 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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 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.