Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers · Ohio

Columbus Equipment Company

Columbus, OH · ~324 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Columbus Equipment Company runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Columbus Equipment Company: 2.0 TCR = 93% of Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Columbus Equipment Company safety composite

Columbus Equipment Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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

−1.4

2023→2024

Columbus Equipment Company injury rate improved

Columbus Equipment Company's TCR fell 1.4 from 2.7 in 2023 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.7 · 2024=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423810 · Columbus, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.0 · 93% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #21/40
  • PHOTO Denver Parts Distrib…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~324 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Denver Parts Distribution Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Columbus Equipment Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Columbus Equipment Company averages 2.0 TCR (93% of the Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Columbus Equipment Company TCR series: 2023=2.7 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 2.2

Where Columbus Equipment Company falls in its industry

533 Construction machinery and equ establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 40 Construction machinery and equ employers in Ohio.

Columbus Equipment Company (324 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Columbus Equipment Company
Columbus Equipment Company (324 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Columbus Equipment Company has more employees than the Construction machinery and equipment mer median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 1.4 0.5 5 0 0
2023 2.7 2.7 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423810 · OH · Columbus

533 Construction machinery and equipment 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 Denver Parts Distribution Center 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sioux Falls 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Powerscreen Texas, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Peterson Tractor San Leandro 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kraft Heinz Mason 324 FTE
STATE-SIZE Podnar Plastics, Inc. 324 FTE
STATE-SIZE BRT Extrusions Inc 324 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ardagh Metal Packaging - Huron 324 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 CDS Life Transitions 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Rochester Container 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Commonwealth Roanoke 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Acutus Medical, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Edgemere 324 FTE
NAT-SIZE Emergent BioSolutions 324 FTE
NAT-SIZE F & H Contractors 324 FTE
NAT-SIZE Smallwood Management Company 324 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. 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.