General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers · Maryland
Columbia MD
Columbia, MD · ~423 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 13.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Columbia MD runs at 608% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Columbia MD: 13.4 TCR = 608% of General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Columbia MD safety composite
Columbia MD scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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).
22/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 13.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 8% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 9.99 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% 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
−3.1
2016→2024
Columbia MD injury rate improved
Columbia MD's TCR fell 3.1 from 13.3 in 2016 to 10.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 17.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=13.3 · 2017=14.0 · 2018=15.7 · 2019=11.2 · 2020=16.2 · 2021=17.0 · 2022=11.5 · 2023=11.3 · 2024=10.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424410 · Columbia, MD ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 13.4 · 608% of ind
- DART 10.0 DART
- RANK #29/33
- PHOTO Harbor Wholesale Gro…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 550 inj
- SIZE ~423 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Harbor Wholesale Grocery (0.0 TCR gap)
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Columbia MD in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Columbia MD
13.4 TCR
- Harbor Wholesa
Harbor Wholesale Grocery
13.4 TCR
- Core-Mark Spok
Core-Mark Spokane
13.4 TCR
- Food Authority
Food Authority Maryland
13.4 TCR
- 401 Oregon Foo
401 Oregon Foods Systems
13.4 TCR
What this shows Columbia MD averages 13.4 TCR (608% of the General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Columbia MD TCR series: 2016=13.3 · 2017=14 · 2018=15.7 · 2019=11.2 · 2020=16.2 · 2021=17 · 2022=11.5 · 2023=11.3 · 2024=10.2 · BLS 2.2
Where Columbia MD falls in its industry
1,651 General Line Grocery Merchant establishmentsSafer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.
Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 33 General Line Grocery Merchant employers in Maryland.
Columbia MD has more employees than the General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesaler median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11.3 | 10.6 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11.5 | 11.1 | 54 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 17.0 | 16.3 | 69 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 16.2 | 15.5 | 70 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 51 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 15.7 | 14.4 | 82 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 14.0 | 12.6 | 71 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 13.3 | 12.2 | 59 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424410 · MD · Columbia
1,651 General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 179 employers in Columbia, MD · 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 | Harbor Wholesale Grocery | 13.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Core-Mark Spokane | 13.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Food Authority Maryland | 13.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 401 Oregon Foods Systems | 13.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - SMD1 | 424 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 8110 Corporate Pl | 422 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 2233 | 425 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hughes Network Systems - Lakeforest (LFF) | 425 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Howard County General Hospital | 1,952 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Corporate HQ | 712 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NuVasive Clinical Services Monitoring, Inc | 621 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NuVasive Clinical Services Monitoring Inc - Columbia | 586 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Wilmor & Sons Plumbing and Construction | 13.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | City of LaFollette | 13.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gulfstream Dallas | 13.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Harbor House Ministries | 13.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Bel-Aire Mechaical Inc | 423 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Swanson Health Products_Fargo | 423 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Charlotte 010 | 423 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bethesda | 423 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.