Support Activities for Air Transportation · Mississippi

172 - Columbus Afb

Columbus Afb, MS · ~571 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

172 - Columbus Afb runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Support Activities for Air Transportation workplace, earning a grade B.

172 - Columbus Afb: 2.5 TCR = 56% of Support Activities for Air Transportation BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

172 - Columbus Afb safety composite

172 - Columbus Afb scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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

−1.0

2021→2023

172 - Columbus Afb injury rate improved

172 - Columbus Afb's TCR fell 1.0 from 3.0 in 2021 to 2.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=3.0 · 2023=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488190 · Columbus Afb, MS AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 56% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #5/10
  • PHOTO Lockheed Martin Corp…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~571 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lockheed Martin Corporation Santa Rosa (5103) (0.0 TCR gap)

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172 - Columbus Afb in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 172 - Columbus Afb averages 2.5 TCR (56% of the Support Activities for Air Transportation BLS benchmark).

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

172 - Columbus Afb TCR series: 2021=3 · 2023=2 · BLS 4.5

Where 172 - Columbus Afb falls in its industry

992 Support Activities for Air Tra establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 10 Support Activities for Air Tra employers in Mississippi.

172 - Columbus Afb (571 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 172 - Columbus Afb
172 - Columbus Afb (571 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.2

172 - Columbus Afb has more employees than the Support Activities for Air Transportatio median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 2.0 1.2 10 0 0
2021 3.0 2.3 15 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488190 · MS · Columbus Afb

992 Support Activities for Air Transportation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 4 employers in Columbus Afb, MS · 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 Lockheed Martin Corporation Santa Rosa (5103) 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SFS West Palm Beach-PB3 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2967-NY105 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR KYAMD - AIRCRAFT MATERIALS DISTRIBUTION CENTER 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Taylor Machine Works 574 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kohler Co 575 FTE
STATE-SIZE MDR Construction 566 FTE
STATE-SIZE Facilities Performance Group-LLC 566 FTE
CITY-NEAR 172 - COLUMBUS AFB, MS 579 FTE
CITY-NEAR M1 Support Services Columbus AFB, MS 526 FTE
CITY-NEAR 418 467 FTE
NAT-TCR Payne & Dolan, Inc - MI/Shop/Trans./QC/Mfg. 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Morton Shop 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Hessel Casino 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Parkdale America LLC Plant 6 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ohio Dominican University 571 FTE
NAT-SIZE Analog Devices Inc. Santa Clara Campus 571 FTE
NAT-SIZE Albertsons Portland Distribution Center 571 FTE
NAT-SIZE Albany Memorial Hospital 571 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: 2023, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.