Machine shops · Ohio

The J. Horst Manufacturing Company

Dalton, OH · ~45 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The J. Horst Manufacturing Company runs at 310% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade F.

The J. Horst Manufacturing Company: 10.2 TCR = 310% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The J. Horst Manufacturing Company safety composite

The J. Horst Manufacturing Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

−10.6

2017→2021

The J. Horst Manufacturing Company injury rate improved

The J. Horst Manufacturing Company's TCR fell 10.6 from 14.6 in 2017 to 4.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 17.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=14.6 · 2018=13.0 · 2019=17.6 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Dalton, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.2 · 310% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #168/172
  • PHOTO Chicago Faucets Duffin
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chicago Faucets Duffin (0.0 TCR gap)

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The J. Horst Manufacturing Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The J. Horst Manufacturing Company averages 10.2 TCR (310% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

The J. Horst Manufacturing Company TCR series: 2017=14.6 · 2018=13 · 2019=17.6 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=4 · BLS 3.3

Where The J. Horst Manufacturing Company falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #168 safest of 172 Machine shops employers in Ohio.

The J. Horst Manufacturing Company (45 employees, TCR 10.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate The J. Horst Manufacturing Company
The J. Horst Manufacturing Company (45 employees, TCR 10.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

The J. Horst Manufacturing Company has fewer employees than the Machine shops median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2021 4.0 2.0 2 0 0
2020 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2019 17.6 4.4 4 0 0
2018 13.0 2.2 6 0 0
2017 14.6 2.1 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · OH · Dalton

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 15 employers in Dalton, 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 Chicago Faucets Duffin 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR UCG 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dixie Precision Inc 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gear Co. of America, Inc. 10.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Nationwide Energy Partners, LLC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE GSO OFFICE - NORTH CANTON 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE 283-NiSource-Wintersville OH-Ohio Valley Op 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Office 82 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR PGD1 238 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wayne-Dalton Rolling Door 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR Overhead Corporation 109 FTE
CITY-NEAR VT Hackney - Kidron Division - Kidron, Ohio 107 FTE
NAT-TCR Central Mo Electric Cooperative, Inc 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Blue Bucket Trucking LLC-Nj Drivers 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 2039-GWINNETT 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 01 WA- Preston 10.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cooper Construction Company, Inc. 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Consolidated Carpet Workroom, LLC 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE La Grande Post Acute Rehab 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE East Coast Stevedoring Co 45 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.