Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing · Ohio
Sterling Process Equipment & Services, Inc.
Columbus, OH · ~29 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sterling Process Equipment & Services, Inc. runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Sterling Process Equipment & Services, Inc.: 2.2 TCR = 66% of Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sterling Process Equipment & Services, Inc. safety composite
Sterling Process Equipment & Services, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% 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).
68/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.17 per 100 workers
Safer than 69% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Sterling Process Equipment & Services, Inc.: 3.1 → 3.6 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Sterling Process Equipment & Services, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.5 from 3.1 in 2019 to 3.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333241 · Columbus, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 66% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #10/25
- PHOTO Sani-Matic
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~29 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Sani-Matic (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sterling Process Equipment & Services, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Sterling Process Equipment & Services, Inc.
2.2 TCR
- Sani-Matic
Sani-Matic
2.2 TCR
- Gainesville Ma
Gainesville Manufacturing Center
2.2 TCR
- GEA Process En
GEA Process Engineering Inc.
2.1 TCR
- The J E Grote
The J E Grote Company, Inc.
2.1 TCR
What this shows Sterling Process Equipment & Services, Inc. averages 2.2 TCR (66% of the Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Sterling Process Equipment & Services, Inc. TCR series: 2019=3.1 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=0 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Sterling Process Equipment & Services, Inc. falls in its industry
215 Food choppers, grinders, mixer establishmentsSafer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 25 Food choppers, grinders, mixer employers in Ohio.
Sterling Process Equipment & 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 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 | Sani-Matic | 2.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gainesville Manufacturing Center | 2.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | GEA Process Engineering Inc. | 2.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | The J E Grote Company, Inc. | 2.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Union City Facility | 29 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Breeder Division Field Office | 29 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Plibrico Refractories LLC - Oak Hill | 29 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hanging Rock Energy Facility | 29 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 | United Mechanical Service, Inc. | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SUHM Spring Works, Inc | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lan-Co Companies, Inc. | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Washington DC | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | ERCO Worldwide Valdosta | 29 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Milliken | 29 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | GMD Shipyard | 29 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Elementis Specialties Proctor WV | 29 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.