Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, screws) merchant wholesalers · Ohio

Columbus Branch

Columbus, OH · ~208 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Columbus Branch runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, screws) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Columbus Branch: 2.8 TCR = 125% of Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, screws) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Columbus Branch safety composite

Columbus Branch scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Columbus Branch: 1.8 → 10.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 10.0 TCR · DART/TCR 3.63× in 2024

Columbus Branch's TCR rose 8.3 from 1.8 in 2016 to 10.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 3.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423710 · Columbus, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 2.8 · 125% of ind

  • DART 10.0 DART
  • RANK #25/39
  • PHOTO COMMERCIAL HARDWARE …
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~208 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: COMMERCIAL HARDWARE OF MARYLAND (0.0 TCR gap)

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Columbus Branch in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Columbus Branch averages 2.8 TCR (125% of the Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, screws) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Columbus Branch TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=3.2 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=8 · 2023=0 · 2024=10 · BLS 2.2

Where Columbus Branch falls in its industry

449 Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 39 Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, employers in Ohio.

Columbus Branch (208 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Columbus Branch
Columbus Branch (208 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Columbus Branch has more employees than the Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, sc median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 10.0 10.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 8.0 8.0 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 1.8 0.7 5 0 0
2017 3.2 3.2 2 0 0
2016 1.8 0.9 3 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423710 · OH · Columbus

449 Fasteners (e.g., bolts, nuts, rivets, screws) merchant wholesalers 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 COMMERCIAL HARDWARE OF MARYLAND 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR UNIFIED DOOR AND HARDWARE GROUP LLC 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Indianapolis Branch 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR B&F Fasteners - Ramsey 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dayton and Cincinnati 208 FTE
STATE-SIZE HVAC 208 FTE
STATE-SIZE Momentive Performance Materials Quartz Inc Strongsville 208 FTE
STATE-SIZE WS Delta 208 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 Chicago 10247 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Longwood 10195 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Nogales 10108 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR TigerStop LLC 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Alaska Pacific Seafoods 208 FTE
NAT-SIZE Scflo - Florence Center 208 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wright & McGill Company 208 FTE
NAT-SIZE Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Richardson 208 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: 2024, 2023, 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.