State profile · OSHA ITA
Ohio workplace safety
How 22,650 OSHA-reporting employers across Ohio compare on workplace injuries, 2016–2024.
- 22,650
- Employers
- 4.4
- Avg TCR
- 387,843
- Injuries
- 248
- Fatalities
The state picture
Ohio's 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 · per 100 workers
- 22,650
- employers reporting
- 387,843
- recordable injuries
- 248
- worker fatalities
State average reflects each state's industry mix. Sort the table below by each employer's own grade against its industry benchmark.
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 TCROhio's average TCR of 4.4 is lower than 89% of states, a state average reflects industry mix as much as workplace safety.
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, producing a state average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 4.4 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year during 2016–2024.
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
Page 362 of 453| Employer | City | Industry | Grade | Avg TCR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 914-NiSource-Lorain OH-North Pointe Op Ctr | Lorain | Natural Gas Distribution | B | 0.9 |
| West Valley Medical Bldg | Fairview Park | Healthcare | A | 0.9 |
| Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc 36C6 | Cincinnati | - | A | 0.9 |
| Avery Dennison Medical | Mentor | Tapes, medical adhesive, man | A | 0.9 |
| ESI Inc. | Cincinnati | Low voltage electrical work | A | 0.9 |
| Novelis Corporation | Warren | Aluminum coating of metal pr | A | 0.9 |
| Ohca I, LLC | Zanesville | Metal scrap and waste mercha | A | 0.9 |
| Omega Engineering | Sunbury | Measuring instruments, indus | A | 0.9 |
| Breezeline - Cleveland | Berea | Internet service providers, | D | 0.9 |
| Bon Secours Springfield Regional Medical Center - FNS | Springfield | - | A | 0.9 |
| Reddy Electric Co. | Xenia | Low voltage electrical work | A | 0.9 |
| Anheuser-Busch Sales of Canton | Canton | Beer merchant wholesalers | A | 0.9 |
| MRC Global -152 Toledo, OH | Toledo | - | A | 0.9 |
| Cotterman & Company, Inc. | Minster | Roofing contractors | A | 0.9 |
| ArmorSource, LLC | Hebron | Manufacture of Ballistic Hel | A | 0.9 |
| Skyworks LLC -- Toledo branch | Perrysburg | Construction machinery and e | B | 0.9 |
| Division #10 | Canal Winchester | Electric power transmission | A | 0.9 |
| 4413 Columbus Recycle | Columbus | MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY/ | A | 0.9 |
| Falls | Cuyahoga Falls | Sheeting, rubber, manufactur | A | 0.9 |
| 00414 - Harmony Trace | Hilliard | Assisted-living facilities w | A | 0.9 |
| Franklin | Franklin | Cartons, folding (except mil | A | 0.9 |
| sinkrocincinnati | Cincinnati | Printing inks manufacturing | A | 0.9 |
| Integra Lifesciences | Cincinnati | Instruments, mechanical micr | A | 0.9 |
| North American Science Associates (NAMSA) - Northwood | Northwood | Testing laboratories, medica | A | 0.9 |
| Grove City Terminal | Grove City | Trucking, general freight, l | A | 0.9 |
| Kumler Collision & Automotive | Lancaster | Body shops, automotive | A | 0.9 |
| Main office | Youngstown | Home centers, building mater | A | 0.9 |
| T.J. Williams Electric Co. | Miamitown | Electric contracting | A | 0.9 |
| Express Scripts Pharmacy, Inc. Columbus OH | Columbus | Mail-order houses | A | 0.9 |
| MD&A Parts OH | Marion | Steam turbines manufacturing | A | 0.8 |
| Greenleaf Landscapes | Marietta | Arborist services | A | 0.8 |
| Exhibit Concepts, Inc. | Vandalia | Applicators, wood, manufactu | A | 0.8 |
| Morris Furniture Company, Inc (12, 30, 35) | Springdale | Furniture stores (e.g., hous | A | 0.8 |
| BVMP | Findlay | General medical and surgical | A | 0.8 |
| Coltene/Whaledent, Inc. | Cuyahoga Falls | Instrument Mfg NOC | A | 0.8 |
| LOVELAND_1371035 | Loveland | Mail and Parcel Delivery | A | 0.8 |
| Delta Electrical Contractors | Cincinnati | Snow melting cable, electric | A | 0.8 |
| MTM Molded Products Company Obco Court | Dayton | Utility containers (e.g., ba | A | 0.8 |
| Arborwear - Chillicothe Rd | Chagrin Falls | General warehousing and stor | A | 0.8 |
| C. Tucker Cope & Assoc | Columbiana | Commercial building construc | A | 0.8 |
| JLJI Enterprises INC | Euclid | Finish carpentry | A | 0.8 |
| Fluid Connectors : Eaton | Eaton | Metal Valve and Pipe Manufac | A | 0.8 |
| Preferred Airparts, LLC | Apple Creek | Aircraft engines and parts m | A | 0.8 |
| Strassell's Machine, Inc. | Mansfield | Barrels, gun, manufacturing | A | 0.8 |
| Directions for Youth & Families | Columbus | Social service agencies, fam | A | 0.8 |
| Progressive Flooring Services, Inc. | Etna | Carpet, installation only | A | 0.8 |
| Commercial HVAC Americas : SVC-Great Lakes : SVC-Columbus OH-USA | Columbus | - | A | 0.8 |
| Bob Evans Transportation | Springfield | Refrigerated products trucki | A | 0.8 |
| Alpargatas. (SMRU0919) | Grove City | Motor Freight Transportation | A | 0.8 |
| CMI Industry | Salem | Ceramic kilns and furnaces m | A | 0.8 |
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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What Ohio's safety record means for you
Ohio averages a TCR of 4.4 - about 1.6× the ~2.7 national private-sector norm. A state average hides wide employer-by-employer variation.
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State averages use the credible-subset mean across reporting establishments; they are statistical summaries, not regulatory assessments.
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.