Hypodermic needles and syringes manufacturing · Nebraska

BD Columbus West

Name: BD Columbus West Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Columbus, NE · ~1,148 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

BD Columbus West runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Hypodermic needles and syringes manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

BD Columbus West: 1.6 TCR = 49% of Hypodermic needles and syringes manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BD Columbus West safety composite

BD Columbus West scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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).

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 1.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers
DART rate: F 1.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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%).

BD Columbus West held a steady TCR band

BD Columbus West's TCR held near 0.2 from 2.1 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.1 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=1.7 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 49% of ind

DART 1.3 DART
RANK #6/8
PHOTO Custom Wire Technolo…
BOOK 7y book
INJ 137 inj
SIZE ~1,148 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Custom Wire Technologies (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows BD Columbus West averages 1.6 TCR (49% of the Hypodermic needles and syringes manufacturing BLS benchmark).

BD Columbus West TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=1.7 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where BD Columbus West falls in its industry

741 Hypodermic needles and syringe establishments

Safer than 47% 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 #6 safest of 8 Hypodermic needles and syringe employers in Nebraska.

BD Columbus West (1,148 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 174 employees and a TCR of 1.5

BD Columbus West has more employees than the Hypodermic needles and syringes manufact median and a higher 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
2022	1.9	1.3	27	0
2021	1.7	1.3	22	0
2020	1.7	0.8	21	2
2019	1.3	0.9	16	2
2018	1.3	0.9	16	1
2017	1.4	1.2	16	1
2016	2.1	1.6	19	7

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	Custom Wire Technologies	PORT WASHINGTON, WI	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Grace Manufacturing, Inc	RUSSELLVILLE, AR	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	7082_16165	WINSTON SALEM, NC	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ethicon Inc San Angelo	SAN ANGELO, TX	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska	OMAHA	1,152 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lozier Corporation - Omaha	OMAHA	1,141 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kearney Facility	KEARNEY	1,156 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ACH IMMANUEL MEDICAL CENTER	OMAHA	1,128 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BD Pharmaceutical Systems	Columbus	971 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Columbus Community Hospital	Columbus	833 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BD Columbus East	Columbus	762 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Behlen Mfg. Co.	Columbus	683 FTE
NAT-TCR	HG210	Encinitas, CA	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Saint-Gobain, Plymouth MN	Minneapolis, MN	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Brookdale Berkeley Boulevard	Goldsboro, NC	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	HG553	New Milford, CT	1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Lockheed Martin Corporation US AL Huntsville Bradford 4800 (1350)	Huntsville, AL	1,148 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Capform TX	Carrollton, TX	1,148 FTE
NAT-SIZE	District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority	Washington, DC	1,149 FTE
NAT-SIZE	2904-SAS-TX	Any, TX	1,149 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 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.