Rags merchant wholesalers · Ohio

Star Wipers- Newark

Newark, OH · ~78 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Star Wipers- Newark runs at 317% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Rags merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Star Wipers- Newark: 7.0 TCR = 317% of Rags merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Star Wipers- Newark safety composite

Star Wipers- Newark scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

−3.2

2016→2024

Star Wipers- Newark injury rate improved

Star Wipers- Newark's TCR fell 3.2 from 10.6 in 2016 to 7.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 12.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.6 · 2017=7.5 · 2018=6.0 · 2019=6.1 · 2020=12.4 · 2021=3.1 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=7.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Newark, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 317% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #63/79
  • PHOTO Island Recycling - K…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 45 inj
  • SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Island Recycling - Kaomi Loop (0.0 TCR gap)

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Star Wipers- Newark in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Star Wipers- Newark averages 7.0 TCR (317% of the Rags merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Star Wipers- Newark TCR series: 2016=10.6 · 2017=7.5 · 2018=6 · 2019=6.1 · 2020=12.4 · 2021=3.1 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=7.4 · BLS 2.2

Where Star Wipers- Newark falls in its industry

1,126 Rags merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #63 safest of 79 Rags merchant wholesalers employers in Ohio.

Star Wipers- Newark (78 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Star Wipers- Newark
Star Wipers- Newark (78 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Star Wipers- Newark has more employees than the Rags merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 7.4 2.5 3 0 0
2023 6.4 4.8 4 0 0
2022 3.2 1.6 2 0 0
2021 3.1 3.1 2 0 0
2020 12.4 8.3 9 0 0
2019 6.1 2.4 5 0 0
2018 6.0 3.6 5 0 0
2017 7.5 3.8 6 0 0
2016 10.6 7.1 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · OH · Newark

1,126 Rags merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 76 employers in Newark, 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 Island Recycling - Kaomi Loop 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gregco Recycling Inc. 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nickco Recycling 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Staiman Recycling Corporation 6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Reptiles by Mack, LLC 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Worley Industrial Services at Kraton Polymers 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Metcon Ltd 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wm. Kramer & Son, Inc 78 FTE
CITY-NEAR Licking Memorial Hospital 1,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR Consumer Support Services 1,421 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owens Corning Neark Insulation Plant 530 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owens Corning 492 FTE
NAT-TCR St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Coos Bay Shipping 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Big River Resources West Burlington, LLC - Grains 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR JFK Kennedy Airport 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Plant 03 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Keokuk Hills Beef Company LLC 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plum Point Energy Station 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Most, Inc. 78 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.