Hypodermic needles and syringes manufacturing · Nebraska

BD Columbus East

Name: BD Columbus East Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Columbus, NE · ~762 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

BD Columbus East runs at 21% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Hypodermic needles and syringes manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

BD Columbus East: 0.7 TCR = 21% of Hypodermic needles and syringes manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BD Columbus East safety composite

BD Columbus East scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% 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).

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−0.6

2016→2019

BD Columbus East injury rate improved

BD Columbus East's TCR fell 0.6 from 0.9 in 2016 to 0.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.9 · 2017=0.8 · 2018=0.8 · 2019=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339112 · Columbus, NE AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 21% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #3/8
PHOTO BD Medical
BOOK 4y book
INJ 24 inj
SIZE ~762 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BD Medical (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows BD Columbus East averages 0.7 TCR (21% of the Hypodermic needles and syringes manufacturing BLS benchmark).

BD Columbus East TCR series: 2016=0.9 · 2017=0.8 · 2018=0.8 · 2019=0.3 · BLS 3.3

Where BD Columbus East falls in its industry

741 Hypodermic needles and syringe establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 8 Hypodermic needles and syringe employers in Nebraska.

BD Columbus East (762 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 174 employees and a TCR of 1.5

BD Columbus East has more employees than the Hypodermic needles and syringes manufact median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2019	0.3	0.0	3	0
2018	0.8	0.2	7	0
2017	0.8	0.2	7	0
2016	0.9	0.2	7	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339112 · NE · Columbus

741 Hypodermic needles and syringes manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 91 employers in Columbus, NE · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	BD Medical	COLU, NE	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Medical Murray Lake Zurich	LAKE ZURICH, IL	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Nypro Healthcare Baja, Inc	ALBUQUERQUE, NM	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Global Resources International	FLOWERY BRANCH, GA	0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	The Buckle, Inc.	KEARNEY	763 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lincoln Campus	LINCOLN	766 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Omaha Zoological Society	OMAHA	757 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Omaha Reservation Center	OMAHA	755 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BD Columbus West	Columbus	1,148 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BD Pharmaceutical Systems	Columbus	971 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Columbus Community Hospital	Columbus	833 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Behlen Mfg. Co.	Columbus	683 FTE
NAT-TCR	CGRS All	Fort Collins, CO	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hamilton County CUSD #10	Mcleansboro, IL	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Midland/Wicket	Midland, TX	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	EBAD-GM	Graham, KY	0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Atlanta DC	East Point, GA	762 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Roundlake, IL -Nationwide Sales Personnel	Round Lake, IL	762 FTE
NAT-SIZE	St. Anthony's Hospital, Effingham	Effingham, IL	762 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Alpine Meadows Ski Resort	Tahoe City, CA	762 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.