Bridge construction · Ohio

The W.M. Brode Company

Newcomerstown, OH · ~24 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The W.M. Brode Company runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bridge construction workplace, earning a grade D.

The W.M. Brode Company: 3.5 TCR = 125% of Bridge construction BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The W.M. Brode Company safety composite

The W.M. Brode Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−0.7

2016→2019

The W.M. Brode Company injury rate improved

The W.M. Brode Company's TCR fell 0.7 from 5.1 in 2016 to 4.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.1 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.1 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237310 · Newcomerstown, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 125% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #90/141
  • PHOTO Crane-Hogan Structur…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Crane-Hogan Structural Systems, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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The W.M. Brode Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The W.M. Brode Company averages 3.5 TCR (125% of the Bridge construction BLS benchmark).

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

The W.M. Brode Company TCR series: 2016=5.1 · 2017=0 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=4.4 · BLS 2.8

Where The W.M. Brode Company falls in its industry

4,078 Bridge construction establishments

Safer than 43% 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 #90 safest of 141 Bridge construction employers in Ohio.

The W.M. Brode Company (24 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 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 01,0002,0003,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate The W.M. Brode Company
The W.M. Brode Company (24 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0

The W.M. Brode Company has fewer employees than the Bridge construction median and a higher 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
2019 4.4 0.0 1 0 0
2018 4.5 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 5.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237310 · OH · Newcomerstown

4,078 Bridge construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 16 employers in Newcomerstown, 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 Crane-Hogan Structural Systems, Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Branch 420 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blevins Asphalt Construction. CO. Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR BU 3448 - West Ship Canal CSO 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE LCN 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAES: Fremont 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMP Fremont Energy Center 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bucyrus Service Center 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR MSI Express - Newcomerstown 191 FTE
CITY-NEAR SIMONA Boltaron Inc. 128 FTE
CITY-NEAR Boltaron Inc 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR 31 INC 116 FTE
NAT-TCR Tops 249 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Modesto WHC 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Discovery Bay - Resort 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Douglas Cleaners Inc DBA: ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 1858 Lkq 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sherwood YMCA Child Development Center 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Joshua Basin Water District - Office 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Joshua Basin Water District - Shop 24 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.