Fencing, wood, merchant wholesalers · Ohio

Shapes Unlimited Inc

Youngstown, OH · ~47 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Shapes Unlimited Inc runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fencing, wood, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Shapes Unlimited Inc: 3.0 TCR = 135% of Fencing, wood, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shapes Unlimited Inc safety composite

Shapes Unlimited Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−7.0

2016→2024

Shapes Unlimited Inc injury rate improved

Shapes Unlimited Inc's TCR fell 7.0 from 7.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.0 · 2017=2.0 · 2018=2.0 · 2019=6.1 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423310 · Youngstown, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.0 · 135% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/35
  • PHOTO Dixie Plywood & Lumb…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dixie Plywood & Lumber Co. of Tampa (0.0 TCR gap)

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Shapes Unlimited Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Shapes Unlimited Inc averages 3.0 TCR (135% of the Fencing, wood, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Shapes Unlimited Inc TCR series: 2016=7 · 2017=2 · 2018=2 · 2019=6.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Shapes Unlimited Inc falls in its industry

1,225 Fencing, wood, merchant wholes establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 35 Fencing, wood, merchant wholes employers in Ohio.

Shapes Unlimited Inc (47 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 020406080100120 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Shapes Unlimited Inc
Shapes Unlimited Inc (47 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Shapes Unlimited Inc has more employees than the Fencing, wood, merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2022 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2021 4.3 2.2 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 6.1 2.0 3 0 0
2018 2.0 0.0 1 0 0
2017 2.0 0.0 1 0 0
2016 7.0 3.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423310 · OH · Youngstown

1,225 Fencing, wood, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 276 employers in Youngstown, 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 Dixie Plywood & Lumber Co. of Tampa 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Galt Industrial Millwork 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR A.W. Hastings & Co., LLC 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Badgerland De Pere 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gerber Farm Division 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE MDP Acquisition LLC 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Potemkin Industries, Inc. 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE 259-NiSource-Springfield OH 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Elizabeth Health Center 2,702 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health St Elizabeth Health Hospital 2,679 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ohio Edison Company 832 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vallourec Star, LP 681 FTE
NAT-TCR 7831-Pdllc-Hanover College 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Central Transport - 608 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Deliver2u LLC 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR FL312 Hosford OSB 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Volkert Precision Technologies Inc 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE ARC Specialties, Inc. 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Unique Thrift Store-121acre 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Unique Thrift Store - 125patr 47 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.