Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing · Ohio

Sterling Process Engineering & Services, Inc.

Columbus, OH · ~38 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sterling Process Engineering & Services, Inc. runs at 23% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Sterling Process Engineering & Services, Inc.: 0.8 TCR = 23% of Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sterling Process Engineering & Services, Inc. safety composite

Sterling Process Engineering & Services, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−2.3

2016→2018

Sterling Process Engineering & Services, Inc. injury rate improved

Sterling Process Engineering & Services, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.3 from 2.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.3 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333241 · Columbus, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 23% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/25
  • PHOTO UltraSource LLC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: UltraSource LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sterling Process Engineering & Services, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sterling Process Engineering & Services, Inc. averages 0.8 TCR (23% of the Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Sterling Process Engineering & Services, Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Sterling Process Engineering & Services, Inc. falls in its industry

215 Food choppers, grinders, mixer establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 25 Food choppers, grinders, mixer employers in Ohio.

Sterling Process Engineering & Services, Inc. (38 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Sterling Process Engineering & Services, Inc.
Sterling Process Engineering & Services, Inc. (38 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Sterling Process Engineering & Services, Inc. has fewer employees than the Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and sli median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 2.3 2.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333241 · OH · Columbus

215 Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,500 employers in Columbus, 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 UltraSource LLC 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tetra Pak Inc. - Vernon Hills 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marel, Inc. Des Moines 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heat and Control Union MO 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Verano OH CPG - Mothers Grow Best 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Green Velvet Sod Farms 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pride Transportation Co, Inc 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Union City 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nationwide Children's Hospital 13,367 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nationwide Children's Hospital Main Campus 10,116 FTE
CITY-NEAR Riverside Methodist Hospital 9,759 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CMH1 5,057 FTE
NAT-TCR Hydro - Gainesville 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR BMC Offices 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR HoneywellVA05 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Presence Bethlehem Woods Retirement Community 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Starcraft Interior Contractors Ltd 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Manufacturing 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lucerne Petroleum 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE BASF 38 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: 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.