Appliances, surgical, merchant wholesalers · Ohio
West Chester Protective Gear
Cincinnati, OH · ~139 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.8
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
West Chester Protective Gear runs at 170% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Appliances, surgical, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.
West Chester Protective Gear: 3.8 TCR = 170% of Appliances, surgical, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
West Chester Protective Gear safety composite
West Chester Protective Gear scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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).
42/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.75 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.27 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%).
Rising injury rate
West Chester Protective Gear: 1.9 → 2.3 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 6.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.61× in 2024
West Chester Protective Gear's TCR rose 0.4 from 1.9 in 2017 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423450 · Cincinnati, OH ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 3.8 · 170% of ind
- DART 2.3 DART
- RANK #27/37
- PHOTO 3495-11DA617
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 34 inj
- SIZE ~139 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 3495-11DA617 (0.0 TCR gap)
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West Chester Protective Gear in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
West Chester Protective Gear
3.8 TCR
- 3495-11DA617
3495-11DA617
3.8 TCR
- Owens & Minor
Owens & Minor West Deptford
3.8 TCR
- Stryker Wright
Stryker Wright Langhorne, PA
3.8 TCR
- Medline Indust
Medline Industries - B03 - B03
3.7 TCR
What this shows West Chester Protective Gear averages 3.8 TCR (170% of the Appliances, surgical, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
West Chester Protective Gear TCR series: 2017=1.9 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=5.7 · 2023=6 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 2.2
Where West Chester Protective Gear falls in its industry
754 Appliances, surgical, merchant establishmentsSafer than 41% 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 #27 safest of 37 Appliances, surgical, merchant employers in Ohio.
West Chester Protective Gear has more employees than the Appliances, surgical, merchant wholesale 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 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423450 · OH · Cincinnati
754 Appliances, surgical, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,513 employers in Cincinnati, 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 | 3495-11DA617 | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Owens & Minor West Deptford | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Stryker Wright Langhorne, PA | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Medline Industries - B03 - B03 | 3.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Rittman Inc dba Mull Iron | 139 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BNG Miracle Pet LLC | 139 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DFA FLUID - SPRINGFIELD OH | 139 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Snyder'S-Lance, Inc. | 139 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | 17,011 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cincinnati Operations | 10,239 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Supply Chain : Evendale, OH | 7,118 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Supply Chain Evendale OH | 6,400 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | French Ellison - Corpus Christi | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Magnolia Regional Medical Center | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 321 Crossways Park Drive | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TXS017 | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Platinum Cottages LLC | 139 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Topnotch Resort | 139 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Western Electricity Coordinating Council | 139 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | LifeBrite Community Hospital of Stokes | 139 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.