Employer · Nebraska

Columbus Feed Plant

Columbus, NE · ~26 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Columbus Feed Plant runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade B.

Columbus Feed Plant: 2.6 TCR = 67% of industry BLS 3.9 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Columbus Feed Plant safety composite

Columbus Feed Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−8.1

2016→2024

Columbus Feed Plant injury rate improved

Columbus Feed Plant's TCR fell 8.1 from 8.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.1 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=7.9 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311119 · Columbus, NE AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 67% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/18
  • PHOTO Pennington Seed - Pe…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pennington Seed - Penn Pak I (0.0 TCR gap)

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Columbus Feed Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Columbus Feed Plant averages 2.6 TCR (67% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Columbus Feed Plant TCR series: 2016=8.1 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=7.9 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.9

Where Columbus Feed Plant falls in its industry

756 industry establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 18 industry employers in Nebraska.

Columbus Feed Plant (26 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Columbus Feed Plant
Columbus Feed Plant (26 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Columbus Feed Plant has fewer employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 3.3 0.0 1 0 0
2021 7.9 0.0 2 0 0
2020 4.2 4.2 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 8.1 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311119 · NE · Columbus

756 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 Pennington Seed - Penn Pak I 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Birdfood Lubbock 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rio Nutrition 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CFN-Casa Grande 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Schwartz Farms Timber Ridge 12347 445th Street Leigh NE 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schwartz Farms Willow Creek NE 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE PFF 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farners Pride - Battle Creek Location 26 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 Atlanta Sales Location 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR AWG, Oklahoma City 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Jackson 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR FL281 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Taylorville Estates 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2065 Sarasota Culinary Center 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4056 Lancaster Bible College 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE 8059 Slippery Rock SD EVS 26 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.