Employer · Indiana

Columbus, in

Columbus, IN · ~97 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Columbus, in runs at 134% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.

Columbus, in: 4.4 TCR = 134% of industry BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Columbus, in safety composite

Columbus, in scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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).

D

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.46 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

−16.4

2017→2024

Columbus, in injury rate improved

Columbus, in's TCR fell 16.4 from 16.9 in 2017 to 0.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 16.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=16.9 · 2018=6.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.2 · 2024=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322211 · Columbus, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 134% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #58/67
  • PHOTO International Paper …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~97 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: International Paper - Three Rivers Container (0.0 TCR gap)

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Columbus, in in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Columbus, in averages 4.4 TCR (134% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Columbus, in TCR series: 2017=16.9 · 2018=6 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.2 · 2024=0.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Columbus, in falls in its industry

1,338 industry establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #58 safest of 67 industry employers in Indiana.

Columbus, in (97 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0100200300 0123456 Average employees Total Case Rate Columbus, in
Columbus, in (97 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Columbus, in has fewer employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 0.5 0.5 1 0 0
2021 3.2 3.2 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 6.0 3.6 14 1 0
2017 16.9 8.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322211 · IN · Columbus

1,338 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 141 employers in Columbus, IN · 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 International Paper - Three Rivers Container 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Akers Packaging Service Group - Van Wert Division 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Belton 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR akers packaging service inc 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE The Pangere Corporation 97 FTE
STATE-SIZE LEM Indianapolis 97 FTE
STATE-SIZE E & B PAVING LLC - Bloomington 97 FTE
STATE-SIZE Niblock Excavating, Inc. 97 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toyota Material Handling, Inc. 1,961 FTE
CITY-NEAR NTN Driveshaft Inc. 1,756 FTE
CITY-NEAR Columbus Engine Plant 1,335 FTE
CITY-NEAR Commons Office Building 1,248 FTE
NAT-TCR Skylark Meats 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Engineering Industries, Inc. 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Adaptive Textiles 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Camcorp Mfg 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Schmitt Contracting Inc. 97 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wayside Farm Inc. 97 FTE
NAT-SIZE Apex Aluminum Die Casting Co Inc 97 FTE
NAT-SIZE Times Supermarket - Honokowai 97 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.