Paintbrushes manufacturing · Ohio
Wooster Brush Co. - Plant 2
Wooster, OH · ~37 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Wooster Brush Co. - Plant 2 runs at 179% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Paintbrushes manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Wooster Brush Co. - Plant 2: 5.9 TCR = 179% of Paintbrushes manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Wooster Brush Co. - Plant 2 safety composite
Wooster Brush Co. - Plant 2 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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).
51/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 21% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 86% 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
−15.3
2016→2023
Wooster Brush Co. - Plant 2 injury rate improved
Wooster Brush Co. - Plant 2's TCR fell 15.3 from 19.3 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 19.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=19.3 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=7.7 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=7.0 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=4.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 339994 · Wooster, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 179% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #6/7
- PHOTO Sanderson MacLeod, I…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 15 inj
- SIZE ~37 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Sanderson MacLeod, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)
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Wooster Brush Co. - Plant 2 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Felton Incorpo
Felton Incorporated
6.4 TCR
- LINZER PRODUCT
LINZER PRODUCTS CORP
6.2 TCR
- Sanderson MacL
Sanderson MacLeod, Inc.
6 TCR
- This site
Wooster Brush Co. - Plant 2
5.9 TCR
- E. Gornell & S
E. Gornell & Sons, LLC
5.8 TCR
What this shows Wooster Brush Co. - Plant 2 averages 5.9 TCR (179% of the Paintbrushes manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Wooster Brush Co. - Plant 2 TCR series: 2016=19.3 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=7.7 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=7 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=4 · BLS 3.3
Where Wooster Brush Co. - Plant 2 falls in its industry
47 Paintbrushes manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 21% 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 #6 safest of 7 Paintbrushes manufacturing employers in Ohio.
Wooster Brush Co. - Plant 2 has fewer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.7 | 2.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 4 | 0 | 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 | Sanderson MacLeod, Inc. | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | E. Gornell & Sons, LLC | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | LINZER PRODUCTS CORP | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Felton Incorporated | 6.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Biosecurity Building | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Columbus SW Svc Ctr | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lead Building Company LLC | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Unified Restoration Systems, LLC | 37 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 | Lonesome Pine Hospital | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Plant 41 Rogers | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | St. Mary's Health | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Promise House Hiawatha Inc | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Eagan Clinic | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Tec 88 | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Theisen's of Iowa Falls | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Theisen's of Pella | 37 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.