Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel · Indiana

AK Tube LLC - Columbus

Columbus, IN · ~163 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

AK Tube LLC - Columbus runs at 31% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel workplace, earning a grade A.

AK Tube LLC - Columbus: 1.0 TCR = 31% of Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

AK Tube LLC - Columbus safety composite

AK Tube LLC - Columbus scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−0.8

2016→2020

AK Tube LLC - Columbus injury rate improved

AK Tube LLC - Columbus's TCR fell 0.8 from 1.5 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.5 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331210 · Columbus, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 31% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #3/16
  • PHOTO Benteler Steel Tube …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~163 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Benteler Steel Tube Manufacturing Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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AK Tube LLC - Columbus in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows AK Tube LLC - Columbus averages 1.0 TCR (31% of the Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel BLS benchmark).

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

AK Tube LLC - Columbus TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2017=0 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=0.7 · BLS 3.3

Where AK Tube LLC - Columbus falls in its industry

329 Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, loc establishments

Safer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 16 Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, loc employers in Indiana.

AK Tube LLC - Columbus (163 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 AK Tube LLC - Columbus
AK Tube LLC - Columbus (163 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.3

AK Tube LLC - Columbus has more employees than the Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, s median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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
2020 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2019 1.7 0.6 3 0 0
2018 1.1 0.0 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.5 0.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331210 · IN · Columbus

329 Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 141 employers in Columbus, IN · 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 Benteler Steel Tube Manufacturing Corporation 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cooper Standard Surgoinsville 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nucor Tubular Products South 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nucor Tubular Products - Chicago 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Water Division 163 FTE
STATE-SIZE BDR-IndyNorth 163 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rolling Prairie 163 FTE
STATE-SIZE EACI 163 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toyota Material Handling, Inc. 1,961 FTE
CITY-NEAR NTN Driveshaft Inc. 1,756 FTE
CITY-NEAR Columbus Engine Plant 1,335 FTE
CITY-NEAR Commons Office Building 1,248 FTE
NAT-TCR DGS Aviation Services : PSP - Palm Springs 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR HDS-Lexington 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR A.W. Farrell & Son, Inc. - Cleveland Office 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pelham, AL CS Office 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE EHP-Fairport 163 FTE
NAT-SIZE QuantumClean-Phoenix Watkins Street 163 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marine Acquisition US Inc 163 FTE
NAT-SIZE Asplundh-Region 039 163 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: 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.