Athletic goods (except ammunition, clothing, footwear, small arms) manufacturing · Ohio
Columbus Foam Products
Westerville, OH · ~63 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Columbus Foam Products runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Athletic goods (except ammunition, clothing, footwear, small arms) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Columbus Foam Products: 2.4 TCR = 72% of Athletic goods (except ammunition, clothing, footwear, small arms) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Columbus Foam Products safety composite
Columbus Foam Products scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% 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).
68/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 66% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 82% 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 Foam Products: 1.7 → 3.7 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 3.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Columbus Foam Products's TCR rose 2.0 from 1.7 in 2018 to 3.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 339920 · Westerville, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 72% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #5/10
- PHOTO Ball Plant III
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~63 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Ball Plant III (0.0 TCR gap)
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Columbus Foam Products in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Columbus Foam Products
2.4 TCR
- Ball Plant III
Ball Plant III
2.4 TCR
- Kollege Town S
Kollege Town Sports
2.4 TCR
- BSN Sports
BSN Sports
2.4 TCR
- Hoyt Archery
Hoyt Archery
2.4 TCR
What this shows Columbus Foam Products averages 2.4 TCR (72% of the Athletic goods (except ammunition, clothing, footwear, small arms) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Columbus Foam Products TCR series: 2018=1.7 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=3 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Columbus Foam Products falls in its industry
197 Athletic goods (except ammunit establishmentsSafer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 10 Athletic goods (except ammunit employers in Ohio.
Columbus Foam Products has fewer employees than the Athletic goods (except ammunition, cloth median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
339920 · OH · Westerville
197 Athletic goods (except ammunition, clothing, footwear, small arms) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 141 employers in Westerville, 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 | Ball Plant III | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kollege Town Sports | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BSN Sports | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hoyt Archery | 2.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Cleveland | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Nicholson Builders | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Buckeye Pipeline Construction, Inc | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NORTHSTAR ASPHALT, INC. | 63 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mount Carmel St. Ann's Hospital | 1,966 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Westerville - 360 Westar Boulevard | 1,505 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mid-City Electric | 457 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NA Svc ERS | 391 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Bergelectric Corp. TX | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | DMLS | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cut Bank | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Charleston Division | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | US Mechanical, LLC - Nevada Office | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Commercial Printers, Inc. | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Clay County Fair Association, Inc | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dawn Food Products - Louisville Distribution | 63 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.