Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing · Ohio

Schmelzer Industries, Inc

Somerset, OH · ~26 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Schmelzer Industries, Inc runs at 362% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Schmelzer Industries, Inc: 12.0 TCR = 362% of Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Schmelzer Industries, Inc safety composite

Schmelzer Industries, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).

D

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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

−16.0

2023→2024

Schmelzer Industries, Inc injury rate improved

Schmelzer Industries, Inc's TCR fell 16.0 from 20.0 in 2023 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 20.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=20.0 · 2024=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 313230 · Somerset, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.0 · 362% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/9
  • PHOTO TWE Nonwovens US
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TWE Nonwovens US (0.6 TCR gap)

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Schmelzer Industries, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Schmelzer Industries, Inc averages 12.0 TCR (362% of the Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Schmelzer Industries, Inc TCR series: 2023=20 · 2024=4 · BLS 3.3

Where Schmelzer Industries, Inc falls in its industry

191 Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 9 Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing employers in Ohio.

Schmelzer Industries, Inc (26 employees, TCR 12.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Schmelzer Industries, Inc
Schmelzer Industries, Inc (26 employees, TCR 12.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Schmelzer Industries, Inc has fewer employees than the Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2024 4.0 0.0 1 0 0
2023 20.0 8.0 3 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

313230 · OH · Somerset

191 Nonwoven fabrics manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 5 employers in Somerset, 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 TWE Nonwovens US 12.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR NC Works Inc. 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atglen 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fort Smith Plant 12.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hog and Maitenance 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE YNOT Farm 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE OA Facility Maintenance Shop 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE SMT INDUSTRIES 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Somerset 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR Altercare Somerset Inc 78 FTE
CITY-NEAR Schmelzer Somerset Plant 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rhodes Manufacturing LLC. 26 FTE
NAT-TCR Fllak - Lake City 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Medshore Ambulance 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Gordon Aluminum 12.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Blue Ridge Senior Housing, LLC 12.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Store 1497 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Issaquah WA Truss 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE PVE C2 - Product Validation Engineering 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Edward Segal Inc. 26 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. 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.