Paintbrushes manufacturing · Ohio
Wooster Brush Co. - Main Plant
Wooster, OH · ~578 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Wooster Brush Co. - Main Plant runs at 157% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Paintbrushes manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Wooster Brush Co. - Main Plant: 5.2 TCR = 157% of Paintbrushes manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Wooster Brush Co. - Main Plant safety composite
Wooster Brush Co. - Main Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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).
32/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.18 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% 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
−3.3
2016→2024
Wooster Brush Co. - Main Plant injury rate improved
Wooster Brush Co. - Main Plant's TCR fell 3.3 from 8.1 in 2016 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=8.1 · 2017=7.8 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=5.0 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=3.9 · 2024=4.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 339994 · Wooster, OH ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 157% of ind
- DART 3.4 DART
- RANK #5/7
- PHOTO Pferd Inc.
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 243 inj
- SIZE ~578 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Pferd Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)
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Wooster Brush Co. - Main Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- E. Gornell & S
E. Gornell & Sons, LLC
5.8 TCR
- Pferd Inc.
Pferd Inc.
5.3 TCR
- This site
Wooster Brush Co. - Main Plant
5.2 TCR
- Tanis Brush
Tanis Brush
4.9 TCR
- Abtex LLC
Abtex LLC
4.7 TCR
What this shows Wooster Brush Co. - Main Plant averages 5.2 TCR (157% of the Paintbrushes manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Wooster Brush Co. - Main Plant TCR series: 2016=8.1 · 2017=7.8 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=5 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=3.9 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Wooster Brush Co. - Main Plant falls in its industry
47 Paintbrushes manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 28% 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 #5 safest of 7 Paintbrushes manufacturing employers in Ohio.
Wooster Brush Co. - Main Plant has more employees than the Paintbrushes 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 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 24 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 20 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.8 | 4.7 | 41 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8.1 | 5.2 | 39 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
339994 · OH · Wooster
47 Paintbrushes 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 | Pferd Inc. | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tanis Brush | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Abtex LLC | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | E. Gornell & Sons, LLC | 5.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | AMERICAN SHOWA INC. SUNBURY PLANT | 579 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Alside Window Company - Central | 580 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CAPT | 576 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FedEx Supply Chain-Philips (Columbus, OH) | 580 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 | Sioux City Truck & Trailer Inc | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Avera McKennan Hospital | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Airlite Plastics Co. Cold Chain | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | GEN General Office | 578 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cross Keys Village - The Brethren Home Community | 578 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Indianapolis IN FXFE-IND | 578 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Arlans and field service | 578 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.