Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing · Ohio

Columbus Instruments, LLC

Columbus, OH · ~30 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Columbus Instruments, LLC runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Columbus Instruments, LLC: 1.6 TCR = 47% of Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Columbus Instruments, LLC safety composite

Columbus Instruments, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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).

F

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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 Instruments, LLC: 0.0 → 7.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 7.0 TCR · DART/TCR 2.25× in 2024

Columbus Instruments, LLC's TCR rose 7.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 7.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334516 · Columbus, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 47% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO Teledyne Photometrics
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Teledyne Photometrics (0.0 TCR gap)

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Columbus Instruments, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Columbus Instruments, LLC averages 1.6 TCR (47% of the Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Columbus Instruments, LLC TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=4 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=3 · 2024=7 · BLS 3.3

Where Columbus Instruments, LLC falls in its industry

213 Laboratory analytical instrume establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Laboratory analytical instrume employers in Ohio.

Columbus Instruments, LLC (30 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 1.2 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Columbus Instruments, LLC
Columbus Instruments, LLC (30 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 133 employees and a TCR of 1.2

Columbus Instruments, LLC has fewer employees than the Laboratory analytical instruments (excep median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.2. 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 7.0 3.5 2 0 0
2023 3.0 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334516 · OH · Columbus

213 Laboratory analytical instruments (except optical) manufacturing 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 Teledyne Photometrics 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR M. Braun, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR HORIBA Instruments Incorporated 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CFR Engines Inc. 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tuente Farms Inc 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farm 3 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trillium Farms Layer 6 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Canton Hatchery 30 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 Empire Generating Co, LLC 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Owens Companies, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR McArthur homes 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Atlantic Aviation - RIL 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE BM Transport, Inc. 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Price 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Edward A. Reider, Inc. 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pacific Botanicals 30 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.