Courier Services Except by Air · Nebraska

Columbus (Necol)

Columbus, NE · ~43 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
11.9
Avg TCR
6.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Columbus (Necol) runs at 184% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Courier Services Except by Air workplace, earning a grade D.

Columbus (Necol): 11.9 TCR = 184% of Courier Services Except by Air BLS 6.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Columbus (Necol) safety composite

Columbus (Necol) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Columbus (Necol): 9.2 → 14.6 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 14.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.98× in 2018

Columbus (Necol)'s TCR rose 5.3 from 9.2 in 2016 to 14.6 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 492110 · Columbus, NE ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 11.9 · 184% of ind

  • DART 11.7 DART
  • RANK #45/55
  • PHOTO FedEx 1500 BLUEBALL …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: FedEx 1500 BLUEBALL AVE (0.0 TCR gap)

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Columbus (Necol) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Columbus (Necol) averages 11.9 TCR (184% of the Courier Services Except by Air BLS benchmark).

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

Columbus (Necol) TCR series: 2016=9.2 · 2017=12 · 2018=14.6 · BLS 6.5

Where Columbus (Necol) falls in its industry

6,679 Courier Services Except by Air establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 8.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #45 safest of 55 Courier Services Except by Air employers in Nebraska.

Columbus (Necol) (43 employees, TCR 11.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 8.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Columbus (Necol)
Columbus (Necol) (43 employees, TCR 11.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 8.0

Columbus (Necol) has fewer employees than the Courier Services Except by Air median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 8.0. 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
2018 14.6 11.7 4 1 0
2017 12.0 12.0 4 0 0
2016 9.2 3.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

492110 · NE · Columbus

6,679 Courier Services Except by Air 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 FedEx 1500 BLUEBALL AVE 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Staples San Diego PSO 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR ROSWELL CENTER (NMROS) 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR AZLAK - LAKE HAVASU 11.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE R.D.F., Inc. 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE TMOM2 - Omaha NE 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE A & R Construction Co 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Peak Contracting Group 43 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 k.j's market iga batesboro 11.9 TCR
NAT-TCR NOKOMIS 3490 Technology Dr 11.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Golden Rule Construction Co., Inc. 11.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Kaman's Art Shoppes, Inc. CZ 74 11.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Twin Mountain (Nhtwi) 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Albert Lea (Mnalb) 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Springfield (Maspg) 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shreveport (Lashe) 43 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: 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.