Natural Gas Distribution · Ohio

292-NiSource-Columbus OH-East Op Ctr

Columbus, OH · ~107 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

292-NiSource-Columbus OH-East Op Ctr runs at 103% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Natural Gas Distribution workplace, earning a grade C.

292-NiSource-Columbus OH-East Op Ctr: 1.2 TCR = 103% of Natural Gas Distribution BLS 1.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

292-NiSource-Columbus OH-East Op Ctr safety composite

292-NiSource-Columbus OH-East Op Ctr scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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).

C

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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%).

292-NiSource-Columbus OH-East Op Ctr held a steady TCR band

292-NiSource-Columbus OH-East Op Ctr's TCR held near 0.1 from 2.0 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=2.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Columbus, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 1.2 · 103% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #21/57
  • PHOTO UGI Reading
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~107 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: UGI Reading (0.0 TCR gap)

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292-NiSource-Columbus OH-East Op Ctr in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 292-NiSource-Columbus OH-East Op Ctr averages 1.2 TCR (103% of the Natural Gas Distribution BLS benchmark).

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

292-NiSource-Columbus OH-East Op Ctr TCR series: 2016=2 · 2017=0 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=2 · 2020=0 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 1.2

Where 292-NiSource-Columbus OH-East Op Ctr falls in its industry

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 57 Natural Gas Distribution employers in Ohio.

292-NiSource-Columbus OH-East Op Ctr (107 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 292-NiSource-Columbus OH-East Op Ctr
292-NiSource-Columbus OH-East Op Ctr (107 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

292-NiSource-Columbus OH-East Op Ctr has more employees than the Natural Gas Distribution median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 1.9 1.9 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 3.2 1.6 4 0 0
2021 0.9 0.9 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.0 1.0 2 0 0
2018 1.1 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 2.0 1.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · OH · Columbus

1,153 Natural Gas Distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,500 employers in Columbus, 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 UGI Reading 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Smetana & Associates Construction Co 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rochester Gauges 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conroe Office ENB4 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE GEILERCO 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anderson Aluminum Corporation 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE Reliable Contractors Inc 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE More Than Gourmet - Home Avenue 107 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nationwide Children's Hospital 13,367 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nationwide Children's Hospital Main Campus 10,116 FTE
CITY-NEAR Riverside Methodist Hospital 9,759 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CMH1 5,057 FTE
NAT-TCR Yosemite RC 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Kershaw IGA #645 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hubbell Lenoir City, Inc 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Naper Settlement 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Morgan Linen Service 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fareway Stores, Inc. 790 Harlan 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fareway Stores, Inc. 589 Decorah 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE Temple View Transitional Care 107 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.