Bottle caps and tops, metal, stamping · Ohio

WLS Fabricating

Highland Heights, OH · ~38 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

WLS Fabricating runs at 15% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Bottle caps and tops, metal, stamping workplace, earning a grade A.

WLS Fabricating: 0.5 TCR = 15% of Bottle caps and tops, metal, stamping BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

WLS Fabricating safety composite

WLS Fabricating scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 99% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

WLS Fabricating held a steady TCR band

WLS Fabricating's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332119 · Highland Heights, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 15% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/70
  • PHOTO MICRO B130
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MICRO B130 (0.0 TCR gap)

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WLS Fabricating in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows WLS Fabricating averages 0.5 TCR (15% of the Bottle caps and tops, metal, stamping BLS benchmark).

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

WLS Fabricating TCR series: 2018=0 · 2020=0 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where WLS Fabricating falls in its industry

477 Bottle caps and tops, metal, s establishments

Safer than 99% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 70 Bottle caps and tops, metal, s employers in Ohio.

WLS Fabricating (38 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 WLS Fabricating
WLS Fabricating (38 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 5.1

WLS Fabricating has fewer employees than the Bottle caps and tops, metal, stamping median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332119 · OH · Highland Heights

477 Bottle caps and tops, metal, stamping employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 35 employers in Highland Heights, 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 MICRO B130 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cosmos Manufacturing, Inc. 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arbor Industries Inc 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 130 Belmont Drive 0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Verano OH CPG - Mothers Grow Best 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Green Velvet Sod Farms 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pride Transportation Co, Inc 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Union City 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swagelok Highland/Falon 723 FTE
CITY-NEAR Philips Healthcare Cleveland 722 FTE
CITY-NEAR Highland 633 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swagelok Highland 570 FTE
NAT-TCR W&W Fiberglass Tank Co 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Panther Graphics, Inc. 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Katz Americas South 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Fort Smith Courtyard 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE USA Austin 9320 Rental Car Ln 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Woodhaven 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nibrock, Inc. 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Merchants Transfer Company 38 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, 2020, 2018. 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.