Veneer mills, hardwood · Ohio

Universal Production

Newark, OH · ~189 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Universal Production runs at 236% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Veneer mills, hardwood workplace, earning a grade F.

Universal Production: 7.8 TCR = 236% of Veneer mills, hardwood BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Universal Production safety composite

Universal Production scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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).

D

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−8.3

2016→2024

Universal Production injury rate improved

Universal Production's TCR fell 8.3 from 13.5 in 2016 to 5.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 13.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.5 · 2018=9.1 · 2020=7.9 · 2021=6.3 · 2022=7.9 · 2023=4.6 · 2024=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321211 · Newark, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.8 · 236% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK P26
  • PHOTO B & C Wood Component…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 95 inj
  • SIZE ~189 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: B & C Wood Components LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Universal Production in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Universal Production averages 7.8 TCR (236% of the Veneer mills, hardwood BLS benchmark).

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

Universal Production TCR series: 2016=13.5 · 2018=9.1 · 2020=7.9 · 2021=6.3 · 2022=7.9 · 2023=4.6 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Universal Production falls in its industry

116 Veneer mills, hardwood establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Universal Production (189 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 5.9 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Universal Production
Universal Production (189 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 5.9

Universal Production has more employees than the Veneer mills, hardwood median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.9. 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 5.3 3.5 9 0 0
2023 4.6 4.1 9 0 0
2022 7.9 7.4 15 0 0
2021 6.3 5.2 11 0 0
2020 7.9 5.1 14 0 0
2018 9.1 3.2 17 0 0
2016 13.5 3.1 20 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321211 · OH · Newark

116 Veneer mills, hardwood employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 76 employers in Newark, 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 B & C Wood Components LLC 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR International Timber & Veneer 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Columbia Forest Products - Chatham Mill 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Veneer Tech 8.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kokosing Alberici Traylor, LLC 189 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ohio Mulch Supply 189 FTE
STATE-SIZE Creative Foam - Dayton 189 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mantua Ohio 189 FTE
CITY-NEAR Licking Memorial Hospital 1,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR Consumer Support Services 1,421 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owens Corning Neark Insulation Plant 530 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owens Corning 492 FTE
NAT-TCR AAF Flanders Fayetteville 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Clark-Lindsey Village, Inc. 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR At Home Stores #36 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Wellbrooke of Westfield 7.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kenny's Tile and Floor Covering, Inc. 189 FTE
NAT-SIZE Foodservice Orlando - 1042 189 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bette & Cring, LLC 189 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marion Regional Medical Center 189 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 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.