Hardening (i.e., heat treating) metals and metal products for the trade · Ohio

Bodycote Thermal Processing, Inc. - Columbus

Columbus, OH · ~30 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bodycote Thermal Processing, Inc. - Columbus runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hardening (i.e., heat treating) metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

Bodycote Thermal Processing, Inc. - Columbus: 4.2 TCR = 128% of Hardening (i.e., heat treating) metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bodycote Thermal Processing, Inc. - Columbus safety composite

Bodycote Thermal Processing, Inc. - Columbus scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

C

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−3.4

2016→2022

Bodycote Thermal Processing, Inc. - Columbus injury rate improved

Bodycote Thermal Processing, Inc. - Columbus's TCR fell 3.4 from 3.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.3 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.4 · 2017=9.3 · 2018=6.0 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332811 · Columbus, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 128% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #23/34
  • PHOTO METAL IMPROVEMENT CO…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, LLC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bodycote Thermal Processing, Inc. - Columbus in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bodycote Thermal Processing, Inc. - Columbus averages 4.2 TCR (128% of the Hardening (i.e., heat treating) metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Bodycote Thermal Processing, Inc. - Columbus TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2017=9.3 · 2018=6 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Bodycote Thermal Processing, Inc. - Columbus falls in its industry

248 Hardening (i.e., heat treating establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 34 Hardening (i.e., heat treating employers in Ohio.

Bodycote Thermal Processing, Inc. - Columbus (30 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Bodycote Thermal Processing, Inc. - Columbus
Bodycote Thermal Processing, Inc. - Columbus (30 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Bodycote Thermal Processing, Inc. - Columbus has fewer employees than the Hardening (i.e., heat treating) metals a median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2020 3.7 3.7 1 0 0
2019 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2018 6.0 3.0 2 0 0
2017 9.3 3.1 3 0 0
2016 3.4 3.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · OH · Columbus

248 Hardening (i.e., heat treating) metals and metal products for the trade 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 METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, LLC. 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR CMC Impact Metals Chicora 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bodycote Thermal Processing - South Windsor 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Superior Metals 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tuente Farms Inc 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farm 3 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trillium Farms Layer 6 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Canton Hatchery 30 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 Packinghouse 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR GJN-ODFL 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hard and Soft Fishing 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Country Mart # 70 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling-Lafayette 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Permalok a Northwest Pipe Company 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chatham Plant 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hubbard Feeds Inc 30 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.