Brooms, hand and machine, manufacturing · Ohio
The Wooster Brush Co. - North
Wooster, OH · ~61 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
The Wooster Brush Co. - North runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Brooms, hand and machine, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
The Wooster Brush Co. - North: 4.4 TCR = 132% of Brooms, hand and machine, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
The Wooster Brush Co. - North safety composite
The Wooster Brush Co. - North scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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).
30/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.36 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.23 per 100 workers
Safer than 10% 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
The Wooster Brush Co. - North: 0.0 → 8.7 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 8.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.43× in 2024
The Wooster Brush Co. - North's TCR rose 8.7 from 0.0 in 2023 to 8.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 339994 · Wooster, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 132% of ind
- DART 6.2 DART
- RANK #4/7
- PHOTO Elgin Sweeping Servi…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~61 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Elgin Sweeping Services, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)
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The Wooster Brush Co. - North in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Abtex LLC
Abtex LLC
4.7 TCR
- Elgin Sweeping
Elgin Sweeping Services, Inc.
4.5 TCR
- This site
The Wooster Brush Co. - North
4.4 TCR
- Quickie Manufa
Quickie Manufacturing
4.1 TCR
- Harper Brush W
Harper Brush Works
4 TCR
What this shows The Wooster Brush Co. - North averages 4.4 TCR (132% of the Brooms, hand and machine, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
The Wooster Brush Co. - North TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=8.7 · BLS 3.3
Where The Wooster Brush Co. - North falls in its industry
47 Brooms, hand and machine, manu establishmentsSafer than 36% 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 #4 safest of 7 Brooms, hand and machine, manu employers in Ohio.
The Wooster Brush Co. - North has fewer employees than the Brooms, hand and machine, manufacturing 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.7 | 6.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
339994 · OH · Wooster
47 Brooms, hand and machine, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 133 employers in Wooster, 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 | Elgin Sweeping Services, Inc. | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Quickie Manufacturing | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Abtex LLC | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Harper Brush Works | 4.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | DHI COOPERATIVE | 61 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Utility Technologies International | 61 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Northeast Operations Center | 61 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CIN | 61 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Scaheffler Transmissions LLC | 1,907 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LuK USA LLC | 1,814 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Schaeffler Transmission LLC | 1,662 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | College of Wooster | 771 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Dorchester Comm L Pt-Ma10 | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Great Barrington-Ma11 | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | ROTAK Helicopter Services, LLC | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 6095-Cape Girardeau | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Hood Container Greenville | 61 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brandywine Construction Co., Inc. | 61 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Air Control Home Services | 61 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Joy-Mark, Inc. | 61 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.