Low voltage electrical work · Ohio

Area Energy & Electric, Inc. Columbus

Columbus, OH · ~35 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Area Energy & Electric, Inc. Columbus runs at 111% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Low voltage electrical work workplace, earning a grade C.

Area Energy & Electric, Inc. Columbus: 3.1 TCR = 111% of Low voltage electrical work BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Area Energy & Electric, Inc. Columbus safety composite

Area Energy & Electric, Inc. Columbus scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Area Energy & Electric, Inc. Columbus: 0.0 → 2.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 7.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.77× in 2023

Area Energy & Electric, Inc. Columbus's TCR rose 2.4 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · Columbus, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 111% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #153/218
  • PHOTO Chris' Electrical Se…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chris' Electrical Service, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Area Energy & Electric, Inc. Columbus in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Area Energy & Electric, Inc. Columbus averages 3.1 TCR (111% of the Low voltage electrical work BLS benchmark).

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

Area Energy & Electric, Inc. Columbus TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=7.2 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=3 · 2021=3.1 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=2.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Area Energy & Electric, Inc. Columbus falls in its industry

4,550 Low voltage electrical work establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #153 safest of 218 Low voltage electrical work employers in Ohio.

Area Energy & Electric, Inc. Columbus (35 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Area Energy & Electric, Inc. Columbus
Area Energy & Electric, Inc. Columbus (35 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Area Energy & Electric, Inc. Columbus has fewer employees than the Low voltage electrical work median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2022 2.6 0.0 1 0 0
2021 3.1 0.0 1 0 0
2020 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2019 3.4 3.4 2 0 0
2018 7.2 7.2 2 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · OH · Columbus

4,550 Low voltage electrical work 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 Chris' Electrical Service, Inc 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Texas Oil Electric dba Kingdom Electric 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ameriwest Electric Corp 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR BLK Electric Inc 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Location 1 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nursery 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Croton Pullet 3 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hatchery 1 35 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 Volvo Service Market Logistics Reno 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Electrochem Solutions Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR KS Energy Services Appleton WI 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Craft Beer Guild Distributing of Connecticut, LLC 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Max Rieke & Brothers, Inc. 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Samaritan Center 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Balfour Beatty - Sterling Natural Resources 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Office 35 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.