Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, screws) merchant wholesalers · Ohio

Sherex Fastening Solutions

850 Moe Drive Akron, OH · ~31 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sherex Fastening Solutions runs at 280% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, screws) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Sherex Fastening Solutions: 6.2 TCR = 280% of Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, screws) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sherex Fastening Solutions safety composite

Sherex Fastening Solutions scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−6.8

2022→2023

Sherex Fastening Solutions injury rate improved

Sherex Fastening Solutions's TCR fell 6.8 from 9.6 in 2022 to 2.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=9.6 · 2023=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423710 · 850 Moe Drive Akron, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.2 · 280% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #34/39
  • PHOTO 4502 LOWE S MSH-SAN …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4502 LOWE S MSH-SAN MARCOS TX (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sherex Fastening Solutions in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sherex Fastening Solutions averages 6.2 TCR (280% of the Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, screws) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Sherex Fastening Solutions TCR series: 2022=9.6 · 2023=2.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Sherex Fastening Solutions falls in its industry

449 Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 39 Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, employers in Ohio.

Sherex Fastening Solutions (31 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Sherex Fastening Solutions
Sherex Fastening Solutions (31 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Sherex Fastening Solutions has fewer employees than the Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, sc median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2023 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2022 9.6 3.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423710 · OH · 850 Moe Drive Akron

449 Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, screws) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 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 4502 LOWE S MSH-SAN MARCOS TX 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tampa DC 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2807-4512 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2807-106M 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Farm 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pine Valley Ranch 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trillium Farms Layer 5 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trillium Farms Croton Pullet 3 31 FTE
NAT-TCR Casama-Aeg-Santa Maria 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR S10303 - Blue Ridge Hauling 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Loffredo Fresh Foods 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Uptown/157 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Plaza 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE South Dakota 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ashdale 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Allied Electric, Inc 31 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.