Foundries, steel (except investment) · Oregon

Columbia Steel Casting Co., Inc.

Portland, OR · ~301 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Columbia Steel Casting Co., Inc. runs at 230% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Foundries, steel (except investment) workplace, earning a grade F.

Columbia Steel Casting Co., Inc.: 7.6 TCR = 230% of Foundries, steel (except investment) BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Columbia Steel Casting Co., Inc. safety composite

Columbia Steel Casting Co., Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 7.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−1.9

2016→2018

Columbia Steel Casting Co., Inc. injury rate improved

Columbia Steel Casting Co., Inc.'s TCR fell 1.9 from 8.6 in 2016 to 6.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.6 · 2018=6.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331513 · Portland, OR ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 230% of ind

  • DART 5.9 DART
  • RANK #4/8
  • PHOTO Bay Cast at Center Ave
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~301 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bay Cast at Center Ave (0.1 TCR gap)

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Columbia Steel Casting Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Columbia Steel Casting Co., Inc. averages 7.6 TCR (230% of the Foundries, steel (except investment) BLS benchmark).

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

Columbia Steel Casting Co., Inc. TCR series: 2016=8.6 · 2018=6.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Columbia Steel Casting Co., Inc. falls in its industry

94 Foundries, steel (except inves establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Foundries, steel (except inves employers in Oregon.

Columbia Steel Casting Co., Inc. (301 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 78 employees and a TCR of 7.3 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 0100200300400500 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Columbia Steel Casting Co., Inc.
Columbia Steel Casting Co., Inc. (301 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 78 employees and a TCR of 7.3

Columbia Steel Casting Co., Inc. has more employees than the Foundries, steel (except investment) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.3. 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 6.6 5.9 17 2 0
2016 8.6 7.0 19 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331513 · OR · Portland

94 Foundries, steel (except investment) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 1,728 employers in Portland, OR · 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 Bay Cast at Center Ave 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Weir ESCO - Plant 3 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR TEXALOY FOUNDRY 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Superior Forge & Steel - New Castle 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Avery 301 FTE
STATE-SIZE Milgard Windows & Doors -- Portland Manufacturing 301 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbia Distributing Springfield 301 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 2477 301 FTE
CITY-NEAR OHSU Main Campus 18,003 FTE
CITY-NEAR OR349 PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CTR-PORTLA 4,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR OR346 PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CTR-PORTLAND 3,684 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2252-00000530 3,498 FTE
NAT-TCR Liberty Residential - Glen 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sandvik ADC 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Cerritos Hub (Cacer) 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Van Nuys Hub (Cavan) 7.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE RCSOTXCL 301 FTE
NAT-SIZE Scs Elk Grove - 3844 (Ilegr) 301 FTE
NAT-SIZE M. Block & Sons Tinley Park 301 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stoneridge Control Devices, Canton 301 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: 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.