Ale brewing · Ohio

Columbus Brewery

Columbus, OH · ~601 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Columbus Brewery runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Ale brewing workplace, earning a grade A.

Columbus Brewery: 1.6 TCR = 47% of Ale brewing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Columbus Brewery safety composite

Columbus Brewery scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.7

2016→2024

Columbus Brewery injury rate improved

Columbus Brewery's TCR fell 0.7 from 1.6 in 2016 to 0.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.6 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=1.0 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=1.0 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 312120 · Columbus, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 47% of ind

  • DART 0.2 DART
  • RANK #6/21
  • PHOTO Fort Worth Brewery
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 32 inj
  • SIZE ~601 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fort Worth Brewery (0.0 TCR gap)

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Columbus Brewery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Columbus Brewery averages 1.6 TCR (47% of the Ale brewing BLS benchmark).

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

Columbus Brewery TCR series: 2016=1.6 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=1 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=1 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=0.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Columbus Brewery falls in its industry

313 Ale brewing establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 21 Ale brewing employers in Ohio.

Columbus Brewery (601 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 Brewery
Columbus Brewery (601 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Columbus Brewery has more employees than the Ale brewing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 0.9 0.2 1 3 0
2023 1.4 0.5 3 3 0
2022 1.0 0.8 4 1 0
2021 1.1 0.4 2 3 0
2020 2.1 0.4 5 5 0
2019 1.0 0.6 3 2 0
2018 1.5 0.6 4 4 0
2017 3.5 0.6 7 12 0
2016 1.6 0.4 3 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

312120 · OH · Columbus

313 Ale brewing 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 Fort Worth Brewery 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mark Anthony Brewing 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rusty Rail Brewing Co. LLC 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zero Gravity Craft Brewery (Pine Street) 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Saint Clairsville Jobsites 602 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rittal North America LLC 602 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southview Medical Center 599 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6458-ZECL 598 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 Sagent, LLC 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR TK Metals 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Swift Industrial Power 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR NG Resources 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Long Island Concrete Inc 601 FTE
NAT-SIZE Omaha Manufacturing Facility 601 FTE
NAT-SIZE 473 Ctv1000 601 FTE
NAT-SIZE Driv 601 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.

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

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