Employer · Nebraska

Columbus Corn Plant

Columbus, NE · ~408 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Columbus Corn Plant runs at 20% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade A.

Columbus Corn Plant: 0.7 TCR = 20% of industry BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Columbus Corn Plant safety composite

Columbus Corn Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−0.4

2016→2024

Columbus Corn Plant injury rate improved

Columbus Corn Plant's TCR fell 0.4 from 1.4 in 2016 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.4 · 2017=0.8 · 2018=0.8 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311221 · Columbus, NE AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 20% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK P87
  • PHOTO Cedar Rapids Corn
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~408 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cedar Rapids Corn (0.0 TCR gap)

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Columbus Corn Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Columbus Corn Plant averages 0.7 TCR (20% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Columbus Corn Plant TCR series: 2016=1.4 · 2017=0.8 · 2018=0.8 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=1 · BLS 3.3

Where Columbus Corn Plant falls in its industry

53 industry establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Columbus Corn Plant (408 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 205 employees and a TCR of 1.7 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 0200400600800 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Columbus Corn Plant
Columbus Corn Plant (408 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 205 employees and a TCR of 1.7

Columbus Corn Plant has more employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.7. 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 1.0 0.5 4 0 0
2023 0.7 0.2 3 0 0
2022 0.5 0.0 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.8 0.2 4 0 0
2017 0.8 0.2 4 0 0
2016 1.4 0.8 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311221 · NE · Columbus

53 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 91 employers in Columbus, NE · 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 Cedar Rapids Corn 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cargill Texturizing Solutions 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wacker Chemical Corporation 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Primient - Lafayette Plant 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE OTC - Omaha 408 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jewish Federation of Omaha 408 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 2847 409 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 3267 407 FTE
CITY-NEAR BD Columbus West 1,148 FTE
CITY-NEAR BD Pharmaceutical Systems 971 FTE
CITY-NEAR Columbus Community Hospital 833 FTE
CITY-NEAR BD Columbus East 762 FTE
NAT-TCR Unique Thrift Store - 127kndy 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Trinity tank Car Plant 200 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Planning and Development Services 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Aldrich Chemical Co LLC - Teutonia Lab 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Minnesota House of Representatives 408 FTE
NAT-SIZE Minneapolis College of Art and Design 408 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hunter Contracting Co. 408 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hyatt Regency San Francisco 408 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, 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.