Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Ohio

The D. S. Brown Company

North Baltimore, OH · ~205 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The D. S. Brown Company runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

The D. S. Brown Company: 3.5 TCR = 105% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The D. S. Brown Company safety composite

The D. S. Brown Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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

−0.6

2016→2018

The D. S. Brown Company injury rate improved

The D. S. Brown Company's TCR fell 0.6 from 3.2 in 2016 to 2.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.2 · 2017=4.6 · 2018=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · North Baltimore, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 105% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #21/81
  • PHOTO Golden State Steel
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~205 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Golden State Steel (0.0 TCR gap)

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The D. S. Brown Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The D. S. Brown Company averages 3.5 TCR (105% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

The D. S. Brown Company TCR series: 2016=3.2 · 2017=4.6 · 2018=2.6 · BLS 3.3

Where The D. S. Brown Company falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 81 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Ohio.

The D. S. Brown Company (205 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate The D. S. Brown Company
The D. S. Brown Company (205 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

The D. S. Brown Company has more employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 2.6 1.0 4 1 0
2017 4.6 2.6 9 0 0
2016 3.2 1.4 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · OH · North Baltimore

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 19 employers in North Baltimore, 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 Golden State Steel 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nucor Harris Rebar Rockford Inc. - Rockford Illinois 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elite Technologies Incorporated 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chart Cooler Service Company, Inc. 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gahanna 850 205 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fabrizi Trucking & Paving Co., Inc. 205 FTE
STATE-SIZE INEOS ABS USA LLC 205 FTE
STATE-SIZE Permatex - Solon 205 FTE
CITY-NEAR Teijin Automotive Technologies 632 FTE
CITY-NEAR OHNBL - NORTH BALTIMORE 419 FTE
CITY-NEAR Continental Structural Plastics 400 FTE
CITY-NEAR National Beef Ohio 286 FTE
NAT-TCR Joliet 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Location 2305 - Dean's Louisville Fleet 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Controlled Environment Certification Services Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR UQM Technologies, Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Imaging Sciences International 205 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mesker Huntsville 205 FTE
NAT-SIZE BSL/BN Commons AL/ALZ/SNF LLC 205 FTE
NAT-SIZE Honeywell Genesis Cable 205 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.