Skids and pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing · Ohio
Tri County Pallet Recycling Inc.
Akron, OH · ~80 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 16.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Tri County Pallet Recycling Inc. runs at 510% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Skids and pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 16.8
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 23
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Tri County Pallet Recycling Inc.'s OSHA Total Case Rate of 16.8 to the Skids and pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing BLS benchmark of 3.3 (510% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Tri County Pallet Recycling Inc.'s yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Tri County Pallet Recycling Inc. falls in its industry
1,011 Skids and pallets, wood or woo establishmentsSafer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #85 safest of 88 Skids and pallets, wood or woo employers in Ohio.
Trend analysis for Tri County Pallet Recycling Inc.
Between 2023 and 2024, Tri County Pallet Recycling Inc.'s Total Case Rate worsened from 14.5 to 19.2 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 32% increase across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2023, at a TCR of 14.5, while 2024 saw the highest rate, at 19.2, a spread of 4.6 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Tri County Pallet Recycling Inc. recorded 23 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 23 injuries shown on this page for Tri County Pallet Recycling Inc. are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 321920 - Skids and pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
12 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 135,729 hours worked = 17.68 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Tri County Pallet Recycling Inc. (this establishment) | 16.84 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Skids and pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 321920 |
| Ohio state avg (all industries) | 3.90 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Tri County Pallet Recycling Inc. to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 13 reportable incidents · 13 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 10 reportable incidents · 10 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19.2 | 17.7 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Tri County Pallet Recycling Inc.'s reported OSHA injury record versus its Skids and pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 510% of the Skids and pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing benchmark, Tri County Pallet Recycling Inc. reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Skids and pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.