Fire sprinkler system installation · Ohio

S.A. Comunale - Norton

Barberton, OH · ~612 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

S.A. Comunale - Norton runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Fire sprinkler system installation workplace, earning a grade B.

S.A. Comunale - Norton: 1.9 TCR = 66% of Fire sprinkler system installation BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

S.A. Comunale - Norton safety composite

S.A. Comunale - Norton scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% 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).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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

−1.1

2018→2024

S.A. Comunale - Norton injury rate improved

S.A. Comunale - Norton's TCR fell 1.1 from 2.7 in 2018 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.7 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=2.0 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Barberton, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 66% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #91/300
  • PHOTO TCI Companies, Inc.
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 81 inj
  • SIZE ~612 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TCI Companies, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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S.A. Comunale - Norton in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows S.A. Comunale - Norton averages 1.9 TCR (66% of the Fire sprinkler system installation BLS benchmark).

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

S.A. Comunale - Norton TCR series: 2018=2.7 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=2 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 2.8

Where S.A. Comunale - Norton falls in its industry

5,793 Fire sprinkler system installa establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #91 safest of 300 Fire sprinkler system installa employers in Ohio.

S.A. Comunale - Norton (612 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate S.A. Comunale - Norton
S.A. Comunale - Norton (612 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

S.A. Comunale - Norton has more employees than the Fire sprinkler system installation median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 1.6 0.7 11 0 0
2023 2.0 0.8 12 1 0
2022 1.7 0.3 12 0 0
2021 1.9 0.9 13 0 0
2020 1.1 0.5 7 0 0
2019 2.1 0.5 12 0 0
2018 2.7 0.9 14 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · OH · Barberton

5,793 Fire sprinkler system installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 58 employers in Barberton, 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 TCI Companies, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 8549_19713 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR AWS Mechanical II LLC 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Airtron Columbus 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Avery Dennison - Materials Group Building 22 612 FTE
STATE-SIZE STERIS 612 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wayne Dalton - Mt. Hope 613 FTE
STATE-SIZE Next Generation Films, Inc. 611 FTE
CITY-NEAR Barberton Campus 888 FTE
CITY-NEAR BWX Technologies, Inc. Nuclear Operations Group - Barberton 825 FTE
CITY-NEAR BWX Technologies, LLC 737 FTE
CITY-NEAR Barberton Office 606 FTE
NAT-TCR Plano, Tx 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR ESC Los Angeles 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Crossroads Mobile Maintenance - MI 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR La-Z-Boy South, Newton MS 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE John Deere Turf Care 612 FTE
NAT-SIZE Yanfeng - Louisville 612 FTE
NAT-SIZE First Co. Dallas 612 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Liberty Foods 612 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.