Steel foundries (except investment) · Ohio

Sandusky International Division

Sandusky, OH · ~79 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sandusky International Division runs at 193% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Steel foundries (except investment) workplace, earning a grade D.

Sandusky International Division: 6.4 TCR = 193% of Steel foundries (except investment) BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sandusky International Division safety composite

Sandusky International Division scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 6.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−10.1

2016→2022

Sandusky International Division injury rate improved

Sandusky International Division's TCR fell 10.1 from 11.6 in 2016 to 1.5 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 14.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.6 · 2017=4.5 · 2018=14.2 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331513 · Sandusky, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.4 · 193% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #5/10
  • PHOTO BRANCHFIELD CASTING …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~79 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BRANCHFIELD CASTING INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sandusky International Division in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sandusky International Division averages 6.4 TCR (193% of the Steel foundries (except investment) BLS benchmark).

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

Sandusky International Division TCR series: 2016=11.6 · 2017=4.5 · 2018=14.2 · 2021=0 · 2022=1.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Sandusky International Division falls in its industry

94 Steel foundries (except invest establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 10 Steel foundries (except invest employers in Ohio.

Sandusky International Division (79 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 78 employees and a TCR of 7.3 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 0100200300400500 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Sandusky International Division
Sandusky International Division (79 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 78 employees and a TCR of 7.3

Sandusky International Division has more employees than the Steel foundries (except investment) median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.3. 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
2022 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 14.2 7.1 14 0 0
2017 4.5 1.1 4 0 0
2016 11.6 8.1 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331513 · OH · Sandusky

94 Steel foundries (except investment) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 101 employers in Sandusky, 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 BRANCHFIELD CASTING INC 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR McConway & Torley, LLC (Arcosa) 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Coronado Steel Co 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bradken Inc 6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Canton South Service Center 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE RedBuilt Ohio 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kokosing, Inc. 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hi-Way Paving, Inc. 79 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cedar Point 2,836 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ventra Sandusky 1,878 FTE
CITY-NEAR MAIN-FRMC1-MAIN CAMPUS 1,834 FTE
CITY-NEAR LMN Development 1,048 FTE
NAT-TCR S02963 - Santa Clarita Hauling 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Woodbury Clinic 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR RK-031-Martinsville ( RK-031 ) 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Bornstein Seafoods Astoria 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sharon's Heating & Air Conditioning 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE CoorsTek Vista, Inc. 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eastern Engineered Wood Products 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Newport Vineyards and Winery, LLC 79 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: 2022, 2021, 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.