Oceanographic research and development laboratories or services · Alabama
COLSA Corporation - Corporate
Huntsville, AL · ~838 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 0.4
- Avg TCR
- 0.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
COLSA Corporation - Corporate runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Oceanographic research and development laboratories or services workplace, earning a grade B.
COLSA Corporation - Corporate: 0.4 TCR = 76% of Oceanographic research and development laboratories or services BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
COLSA Corporation - Corporate safety composite
COLSA Corporation - Corporate scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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).
53/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 0.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 71% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 0.12 per 100 workers
Safer than 34% 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%).
COLSA Corporation - Corporate held a steady TCR band
COLSA Corporation - Corporate's TCR held near 0.2 from 0.3 in 2016 to 0.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 0.7 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=0.3 · 2017=0.7 · 2018=0.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 541712 · Huntsville, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 0.4 · 76% of ind
- DART 0.1 DART
- RANK #6/8
- PHOTO Boehringer Ingelheim…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~838 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceutics Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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COLSA Corporation - Corporate in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
COLSA Corporation - Corporate
0.4 TCR
- Boehringer Ing
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceutics Inc.
0.4 TCR
- NorthStar Medi
NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes LLC - Femrite
0.4 TCR
- Middleton Offi
Middleton Office
0.4 TCR
- The Scotts Com
The Scotts Company - Marysville R D
0.4 TCR
What this shows COLSA Corporation - Corporate averages 0.4 TCR (76% of the Oceanographic research and development laboratories or services BLS benchmark).
COLSA Corporation - Corporate TCR series: 2016=0.3 · 2017=0.7 · 2018=0.1 · BLS 0.5
Where COLSA Corporation - Corporate falls in its industry
319 Oceanographic research and dev establishmentsSafer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.
Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 8 Oceanographic research and dev employers in Alabama.
COLSA Corporation - Corporate has more employees than the Oceanographic research and development l median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
541712 · AL · Huntsville
319 Oceanographic research and development laboratories or services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 454 employers in Huntsville, AL · 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 | Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceutics Inc. | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes LLC - Femrite | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Middleton Office | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | The Scotts Company - Marysville R D | 0.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Evonik Corp- Theodore, AL | 838 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FreightCar America | 842 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 6095 | 843 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 7019 | 844 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AL004 | 2,929 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Dynetics A Leidos Company | 2,463 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Leidos - Dynetics | 2,051 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Toyota Motor Mfg of Alabama | 1,874 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | HQJ - Airport United Airlines Offices | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | East Texas Operations | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Effingham Premix Plant | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Penske : 4309-00 Delphi/Laredo, TX | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | TN-Chattanooga Call Center | 838 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | HOU - Ground Ops | 838 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Goshen, IN | 838 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Michelin North America US7 | 838 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.