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Ohio workplace safety

How 22,650 OSHA-reporting employers across Ohio compare on workplace injuries, 2016–2024. Average TCR uses the 19,713 establishments with a credible rate (see methodology).

22,650
Employers
4.4
Avg TCR (rated)
387,843
Injuries (all)
248
Fatalities (all)

TCR, interpreted

Far above average

4.4 avg TCR

Ohio vs all states by OSHA-reporting employer count

Where this state's ITA establishment inventory sits among every tracked state and territory (coverage signal, not a safety ranking)

22,650 6th of 54 higher than 48 of 54 states

States and territories, banded by OSHA ITA reporting employer count

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Source official public datasets · 2026

The state picture

Ohio's 19,713 rated reporting employers average 4.4 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 1.6 times the ~2.7 all-industry private-sector norm.

4.4
avg TCR · rated subset
19,713
rated employers
22,650
all reporting employers
387,843
recordable injuries (all)

Inventory counts and injury/fatality totals cover all 22,650 ITA establishments; the average TCR excludes zero-rate and corrupt-hours filings. See Methodology → Three Populations.

Ohio grade distribution 22,646 graded establishments · width = share

16% of Ohio's reporting establishments earn an F and 20% an A, each measured against its own industry benchmark, not the state line. These grades are a transparent derived index, not an official OSHA rating; see the Methodology for the exact formula.

Where Ohio ranks among states

54 states & territories by avg TCR

Ohio's average TCR of 4.4 is lower than 89% of states, a state average reflects industry mix as much as workplace safety.

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A second cut tells a different story: ranked by rated-subset injury rate alone, Ohio is #7 of 54. Ranked instead by fatalities per rated employer establishment (same 19,713-employer subset), it's #18 of 54, a 11-place swing. A state can run a moderate everyday injury rate while its rarer, most severe incidents cluster differently; the two metrics measure different things on the same population and shouldn't be read as interchangeable.

How Ohio Workplaces Compare

Ohio hosts 22,650 employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. These are not small shops: federal rules require ITA submission from workplaces with 250+ employees in any industry, plus workplaces with 20+ employees in the roughly 60 NAICS codes classified as high-hazard (construction, manufacturing, healthcare, warehousing, agriculture, and others). Across this Ohio cohort, workers have logged 387,843 recordable injuries. The published state average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 4.4 injuries per 100 full-time workers uses the 19,713 establishments with a credible rate (zero-rate and corrupt-hours filings stay in the inventory counts above but are excluded from the average, see methodology).

The state has recorded 248 workplace fatalities in the reporting window, which is tracked separately from non-fatal injury counts because fatal events have their own investigation trail under 29 CFR 1904.39. Reading state-level TCR requires context: the headline figure is driven by a state's industry mix. A state with a heavy construction, logging, or meatpacking footprint will mechanically post higher TCR than a state dominated by finance or professional services, even when individual employers are equally well-managed. That is why the employer table below sorts each establishment by its own TCR and letter grade, against the BLS benchmark for its specific industry, not against the state average.

For jobseekers, relocators, investors, and local safety professionals, state-level pages function as an entry point: use the grade-sorted list to spot the safest and highest-risk employers in Ohio, then click through to an individual establishment for its year-by-year injury, illness, DART, and fatality trajectory. Compare multiple years before drawing conclusions, a single outlier year can reflect a specific event, whereas a sustained pattern across reporting cycles is a more reliable risk signal. All data comes directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries. State OSHA plans in 22 states operate their own enforcement programs in parallel, but the injury data above is harmonized through the federal ITA system.

Employers in Ohio, by injury rate

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EmployerCityIndustryGradeAvg TCR
Simco ControlsColumbusGeneral-purpose industrial mB1.5
The PinesCantonnursing care faciltiesA1.5
Port ColumbusOperationsColumbusMedical TransportA1.5
853 Cincinnati, OhCincinnatiFamily Clothing StoresA1.5
Independence Family Health CenterIndependenceHospitals, general medical aA1.5
IB TechBucyrusAutomobile seat frames, metaA1.5
Best-One Tire & Service ColumbusColumbusAutomotive tire dealersA1.5
Rimer Enterprises Inc.WatervilleFoundries, steel investmentA1.5
The Shepherd Chemical CompanyNorwoodCopper compounds, not specifA1.5
Rien Construction CompanyBrookfieldAddition, alteration and renB1.5
Cohen WoodlawnMiddletownMetal scrap and waste merchaB1.5
Beaver Constructors, Inc.CantonIndustrial building (except B1.5
Case Farms Canton HatcheryCantonEgg hatcheries, poultryA1.5
Genie BalticBalticDoor opening and closing devA1.5
OHI Greenhouse LLCWilmingtonHydroponic crop farmingA1.5
Champion WindowsCincinnatiFrames, door and window, wooA1.5
7581-Pdllc-Marietta CollegeMariettaFOOD SERVICE CONTRACTORSB1.5
The Gorilla Glue CompanyCincinnatiAdhesives and sealants merchB1.5
Columbus Vmf_1437607ColumbusMail and Parcel DeliveryA1.5
F A Requarth CoDaytonBuilding materials supply deA1.5
Bluescope Coated ProductsMiddletownCoating metals and metal proA1.5
Pixelle Speciality Solutions LLCChillicothePaper mills (except newsprinA1.5
Concordance Healthcare SolutionsTiffinAgents and brokers, nondurabB1.5
Skyworks LLC -- Columbus branchColumbusConstruction machinery and eC1.5
Simmers SalemSalemOverhead traveling cranes maA1.5
Talbert House Burnet AveCincinnatiDrug addiction rehabilitatioA1.5
Cargill/Pro Pet LLCSaint MarysAnimal feed mills, dog and cA1.5
Mount Vernon Country ClubMount VernonCountry clubsA1.5
Preformed Line Products Company - CorporateMafield VillageHardware, transmission pole A1.5
AirBorn ElectronicsAkronConnectors, electronic (e.g.A1.5
Tpc Wire and Cable CorpMacedoniaElectric motors, wiring suppB1.5
Freeman Manufacturing & Supply CompanyAvonCustom compounding (i.e., blA1.5
Mercy Health Defiance ClinicDefianceHospitals, general medical aA1.5
1915-5807XBlue AshOffice Equipment Merchant WhB1.5
Ontario, Elmcroft ofMansfield-A1.5
AK Steel - Mansfield WorksMansfieldSteel manufacturingA1.5
Muncy CorporationSpringfieldPower window and door lock sA1.5
South MillFort RecoveryAnimal feed mills, dog and cA1.5
Tremco Roofing and Building Maintenance - Weatherproofing Technologies, Inc.BeachwoodRoofing, built-up tar and grB1.5
Pride of the Hills Mfg. of Wooster LLCOrrvilleSheet metal work (except staA1.5
Silgan Plastics OttawaOttawaBottles, plastics, manufactuA1.5
Penske : 5810-00 Dayton Hub and Spoke/Tipp City, OHTipp CityDCCA1.5
Crow Works WarehouseKillbuckFurniture, restaurant-type, A1.5
Manor Care Health Services - Euclid BeachClevelandSkilled nursing facilitiesA1.5
CMTi - NASA Glenn Research CenterClevelandBase facilities operation suB1.5
Unit # 2797SteubenvilleRetailA1.5
thyssenkrupp Bilstein Main PlantHamiltonShock absorbers, automotive,A1.5
Fostoria DCFostoriaGeneral warehousing and storA1.5
Fuserashi International TechnologyValley CityManufacture and distribute sA1.5
USA Heat Treating, Inc.ClevelandHeat treating metals and metA1.5
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Nationwide states with similar injury rates or employer scale

Two PlainSafetyScore-derived peer sets for Ohio: nearest states and territories by rated-subset average Total Case Rate and by OSHA-reporting employer inventory. These are cross-state neighborhoods, not the employer list above.

Similar average TCR

Nearest states by rated-subset Total Case Rate (4.4 here).

Similar employer inventory

Nearest states by reporting employer count (22,650 here).

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainSafetyScore

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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.