Paper, building, merchant wholesalers · Ohio

Columbus OH

Columbus, OH · ~78 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Columbus OH runs at 100% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Paper, building, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Columbus OH: 2.2 TCR = 100% of Paper, building, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Columbus OH safety composite

Columbus OH scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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)
B 2.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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 OH: 0.4 → 3.9 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 4.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.87× in 2024

Columbus OH's TCR rose 3.4 from 0.4 in 2016 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423390 · Columbus, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.2 · 100% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #4/14
  • PHOTO Atlas Companies
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Atlas Companies (0.0 TCR gap)

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Columbus OH in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Columbus OH averages 2.2 TCR (100% of the Paper, building, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Columbus OH TCR series: 2016=0.4 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=0.6 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=0 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Columbus OH falls in its industry

168 Paper, building, merchant whol establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

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 14 Paper, building, merchant whol employers in Ohio.

Columbus OH (78 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Columbus OH
Columbus OH (78 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Columbus OH has more employees than the Paper, building, merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 3.9 1.9 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.4 2.2 2 0 0
2021 4.6 4.6 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.7 0.0 3 0 0
2018 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2017 4.2 2.1 2 0 0
2016 0.4 0.3 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423390 · OH · Columbus

168 Paper, building, merchant wholesalers 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 Atlas Companies 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Freedom Materials 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 584 - RENO-INT BRANCH 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR DELPHS-PDM-DELPHOS 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Reptiles by Mack, LLC 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Worley Industrial Services at Kraton Polymers 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Metcon Ltd 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wm. Kramer & Son, Inc 78 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 Shenandoah Operations 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Museum of Contemporary Art 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR KU Operations Center- Stone Rd 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR SODEXO AT Grand Canyon Univ Fresh Fusion 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE PFA Systems inc 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hubbard Care Center 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bridges by EPOCH at Hingham 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE BJ Cecil Trucking Inc 78 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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