Batteries, storage, manufacturing · Georgia

Exide Technologies - Columbus

Name: Exide Technologies - Columbus Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Columbus, GA · ~254 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Exide Technologies - Columbus runs at 196% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Batteries, storage, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Exide Technologies - Columbus: 6.5 TCR = 196% of Batteries, storage, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Exide Technologies - Columbus safety composite

Exide Technologies - Columbus scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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).

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

−1.2

2017→2018

Exide Technologies - Columbus injury rate improved

Exide Technologies - Columbus's TCR fell 1.2 from 7.0 in 2017 to 5.9 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.0 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.0 · 2018=5.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335911 · Columbus, GA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 196% of ind

DART 5.1 DART
RANK #11/13
PHOTO Aved Electronics
BOOK 2y book
INJ 26 inj
SIZE ~254 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Aved Electronics (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.5
Aved Electroni

6.5
Enersys Warren

6.5
Battery Builde

6.3
Hawker Powerso

6.3

What this shows Exide Technologies - Columbus averages 6.5 TCR (196% of the Batteries, storage, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Exide Technologies - Columbus TCR series: 2017=7 · 2018=5.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Exide Technologies - Columbus falls in its industry

161 Batteries, storage, manufactur establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 13 Batteries, storage, manufactur employers in Georgia.

Exide Technologies - Columbus (254 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 2.1

Exide Technologies - Columbus has more employees than the Batteries, storage, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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
2018	5.9	5.1	15	1	0
2017	7.0	3.0	11	8	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335911 · GA · Columbus

161 Batteries, storage, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 291 employers in Columbus, GA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Aved Electronics	NORTH BILLERICA, MA	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Enersys Warrensburg	WARRENSBURG, MO	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Battery Builders, LLC	NAPERVILLE, IL	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hawker Powersource	OOLTEWAH, TN	6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Valdosta Facility	VALDOSTA	254 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Owens Corning Fairburn Plant	FAIRBURN	254 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CACS GA ATL SUMMIT 3003 STRGY	ATLANTA	254 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Control Southern Inc.	SUWANEE	254 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ST FRANCIS HEALTH LLC	Columbus	2,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Piedmont Columbus Midtown Hospital	Columbus	1,890 FTE
CITY-NEAR	P&W Columbus, Georgia Site (Main Campus)	Columbus	1,838 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Paul S Amos Campus	Columbus	1,748 FTE
NAT-TCR	Darling Ingredients Union City TN	Union City, TN	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Shopko Hometown #739 (Glenwood, MN)	Glenwood, MN	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Omni Systems Inc	Richmond Heights, OH	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	SP Richards Company	Moorestown, NJ	6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	City of Groton	Groton, CT	254 FTE
NAT-SIZE	OneBlood, Inc.- St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, FL	254 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Energen District Office	Midland, TX	254 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Schult Richfield	Richfield, NC	254 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. 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.