Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing · Ohio

Defabco Inc

Columbus, OH · ~57 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Defabco Inc runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Defabco Inc: 1.8 TCR = 55% of Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Defabco Inc safety composite

Defabco Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−7.4

2016→2024

Defabco Inc injury rate improved

Defabco Inc's TCR fell 7.4 from 7.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.4 · 2018=1.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Columbus, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 55% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/90
  • PHOTO Trinity Highway Indu…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Trinity Highway Industries (0.0 TCR gap)

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Defabco Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Defabco Inc averages 1.8 TCR (55% of the Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Defabco Inc TCR series: 2016=7.4 · 2018=1.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Defabco Inc falls in its industry

1,158 Ducts, sheet metal, manufactur establishments

Safer than 86% 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 #11 safest of 90 Ducts, sheet metal, manufactur employers in Ohio.

Defabco Inc (57 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Defabco Inc
Defabco Inc (57 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Defabco Inc has fewer employees than the Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 1.7 0.0 1 0 0
2016 7.4 3.7 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · OH · Columbus

1,158 Ducts, sheet metal, 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 Trinity Highway Industries 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Englert Inc 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hibbing Fabricators Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lanzen Inc. 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mad River 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE HQ 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Equity | ECS 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rack & Ballauer excavating inc. 57 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 Vyletel Group, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR NSD Seafood Inc, dba Atlantic Fish & Seafood 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Fairfield Inn & Suites Somerset 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR G III LEATHER FASHIONS, INC. / CK Distribution Center 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Customer Service Group Crystal Lake Repair Center 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Double V, LLC 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE IKE Transportation Inc 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Flagstone, Inc 57 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, 2018, 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.