Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and distributing · Ohio

Ernst Concrete Columbus

Columbus, OH · ~50 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ernst Concrete Columbus runs at 209% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and distributing workplace, earning a grade F.

Ernst Concrete Columbus: 6.9 TCR = 209% of Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and distributing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ernst Concrete Columbus safety composite

Ernst Concrete Columbus scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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).

D

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

−7.5

2016→2024

Ernst Concrete Columbus injury rate improved

Ernst Concrete Columbus's TCR fell 7.5 from 10.7 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.7 · 2017=8.3 · 2018=6.8 · 2019=8.6 · 2020=8.0 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=7.3 · 2024=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327320 · Columbus, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 209% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #38/48
  • PHOTO BURNCO DENVER
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BURNCO DENVER (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ernst Concrete Columbus in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ernst Concrete Columbus averages 6.9 TCR (209% of the Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and distributing BLS benchmark).

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

Ernst Concrete Columbus TCR series: 2016=10.7 · 2017=8.3 · 2018=6.8 · 2019=8.6 · 2020=8 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=7.3 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Ernst Concrete Columbus falls in its industry

1,316 Ready-mix concrete manufacturi establishments

Safer than 25% 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 #38 safest of 48 Ready-mix concrete manufacturi employers in Ohio.

Ernst Concrete Columbus (50 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ernst Concrete Columbus
Ernst Concrete Columbus (50 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Ernst Concrete Columbus has more employees than the Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and dis median and a higher 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 3.1 3.1 2 0 0
2023 7.3 5.5 4 0 0
2022 5.5 5.5 3 0 0
2021 3.7 1.9 2 0 0
2020 8.0 6.0 4 0 0
2019 8.6 8.6 4 0 0
2018 6.8 6.8 3 0 0
2017 8.3 4.2 4 0 0
2016 10.7 10.7 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327320 · OH · Columbus

1,316 Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and distributing 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 BURNCO DENVER 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Porters Concrete Service 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR B & B Tupelo 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR VERM Edmond Plant 6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Columbia Care Ohio LLC 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rossburg 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE B & D Water Inc. 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbus SE Svc Ctr 50 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 Lakeside Plastics, INC 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR San Francisco 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Bingaman & Son Lumber, St. Mary's Lumber Division 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Holiday Inn Los Angeles Gateway - Torrance 6.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tingue, Peachtree City 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Birmingham Region 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ele Corporation 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlanta East 50 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.