Vending Machine Operators · Ohio

Columbus, Oh Branch

Gahanna, OH · ~65 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Columbus, Oh Branch runs at 119% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Vending Machine Operators workplace, earning a grade C.

Columbus, Oh Branch: 4.0 TCR = 119% of Vending Machine Operators BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Columbus, Oh Branch safety composite

Columbus, Oh Branch scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.5

2019→2024

Columbus, Oh Branch injury rate improved

Columbus, Oh Branch's TCR fell 3.5 from 6.9 in 2019 to 3.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=6.9 · 2020=7.8 · 2021=6.1 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 454210 · Gahanna, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.0 · 119% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #9/27
  • PHOTO Refreshments, Inc.
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Refreshments, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Columbus, Oh Branch in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Columbus, Oh Branch averages 4.0 TCR (119% of the Vending Machine Operators BLS benchmark).

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

Columbus, Oh Branch TCR series: 2019=6.9 · 2020=7.8 · 2021=6.1 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.4 · BLS 3.4

Where Columbus, Oh Branch falls in its industry

311 Vending Machine Operators establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 27 Vending Machine Operators employers in Ohio.

Columbus, Oh Branch (65 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 7.1 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Columbus, Oh Branch
Columbus, Oh Branch (65 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 7.1

Columbus, Oh Branch has more employees than the Vending Machine Operators median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.1. 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
2024 3.4 3.4 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 6.1 6.1 3 0 0
2020 7.8 7.8 4 0 0
2019 6.9 2.8 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

454210 · OH · Gahanna

311 Vending Machine Operators employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 59 employers in Gahanna, 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 Refreshments, Inc. 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR CK DIST-Lenexa 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Premier Food Service 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maumee Valley Group 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Steubenville Svc Bldg 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lima Svc Ctr 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Athens Office/Service Center 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Douglas Company, (Inc.) 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR zulily 458 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gahanna 700 293 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gahanna Ohio Office 270 FTE
CITY-NEAR 016-00522 253 FTE
NAT-TCR Grappone Mgmt Co., Inc. 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Select Specialty Hospital - Erie, Inc 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation Sharon Division 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Foodservice Temple - 0740 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Seafisher 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coastal Service Express, Inc. 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marco Group Inc. 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alpha Chemical Services, Inc 65 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. 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.