Garbage collection services · Indiana

Columbus Indiana Operations

Name: Columbus Indiana Operations Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Columbus, IN · ~32 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.8
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Columbus Indiana Operations runs at 376% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

Columbus Indiana Operations: 9.8 TCR = 376% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Columbus Indiana Operations safety composite

Columbus Indiana Operations scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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).

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers
DART rate: F 16.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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 Indiana Operations: 3.0 → 16.6 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 16.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.7× in 2023

Columbus Indiana Operations's TCR rose 13.6 from 3.0 in 2022 to 16.6 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Columbus, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.8 · 376% of ind

DART 16.6 DART
RANK #56/71
PHOTO Recology Western Ore…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Recology Western Oregon (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Columbus Indiana Operations averages 9.8 TCR (376% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

Columbus Indiana Operations TCR series: 2022=3 · 2023=16.6 · BLS 2.6

Where Columbus Indiana Operations falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #56 safest of 71 Garbage collection services employers in Indiana.

Columbus Indiana Operations (32 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Columbus Indiana Operations has fewer employees than the Garbage collection services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2023	16.6	16.6	6	0	0
2022	3.0	3.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · IN · Columbus

2,322 Garbage collection services 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Recology Western Oregon	MCMINNVILLE, OR	9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Sanitation District Sanitation Office - D7	CHICAGO, IL	9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Solid Waste and Recycling	CONCORD, NC	9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	G. Mello Disposal	GEORGETOWN, MA	9.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	R. Gallagher Generating Station	NEW ALBANY	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Aurora	AURORA	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Jasper County REMC Headquarters	RENSSELAER	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Indiana American Water-Northwest District Borman Park Water Treatment Plant	GARY	32 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Toyota Material Handling, Inc.	Columbus	1,961 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NTN Driveshaft Inc.	Columbus	1,756 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Columbus Engine Plant	Columbus	1,335 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Commons Office Building	Columbus	1,248 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ram Forest Products, Inc.	Shinglehouse, PA	9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Columbia Landcare LLC	Columbia, MO	9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Xo Windows, LLC	Phoenix, AZ	9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bel Air 510-Sacramento	Sacramento, CA	9.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	013 Grand Prairie, TX	Grand Prairie, TX	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Charlotte Wilmar	Charlotte, NC	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Grocery Outlet of Roseburg	Roseburg, OR	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Droplet Measurement	Longmont, CO	32 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.