Paperboard carton forming and printing · Ohio

Food Merchandising : COLUMBUS

Name: Food Merchandising : COLUMBUS Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Columbus, OH · ~144 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Food Merchandising : COLUMBUS runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Paperboard carton forming and printing workplace, earning a grade B.

Food Merchandising : COLUMBUS: 2.2 TCR = 67% of Paperboard carton forming and printing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Food Merchandising : COLUMBUS safety composite

Food Merchandising : COLUMBUS scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

Food Merchandising : COLUMBUS held a steady TCR band

Food Merchandising : COLUMBUS's TCR held near 0.3 from 2.3 in 2020 to 2.1 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.3 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=2.3 · 2022=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322299 · Columbus, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 67% of ind

DART 1.4 DART
RANK #8/19
PHOTO Greenfiber Hickory KY
BOOK 2y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~144 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Greenfiber Hickory KY (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.3
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2.2
Greenfiber Hic

2.2
Scapa Healthca

2.2
BOCKS BOARD PA

2.1

What this shows Food Merchandising : COLUMBUS averages 2.2 TCR (67% of the Paperboard carton forming and printing BLS benchmark).

Food Merchandising : COLUMBUS TCR series: 2020=2.3 · 2022=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Food Merchandising : COLUMBUS falls in its industry

236 Paperboard carton forming and establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 19 Paperboard carton forming and employers in Ohio.

Food Merchandising : COLUMBUS (144 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Food Merchandising : COLUMBUS has more employees than the Paperboard carton forming and printing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2022	2.1	1.4	3	0	0
2020	2.3	2.3	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322299 · OH · Columbus

236 Paperboard carton forming and printing 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Greenfiber Hickory KY	HICKORY, KY	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Scapa Healthcare	KNOXVILLE, TN	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	West Coast Distribution Center	RANCHO CUCAMUNDA, CA	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	BOCKS BOARD PACKAGING OF TEXAS (WINTERGREEN)	HUTCHINS, TX	2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Arena Building	COLUMBUS	144 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Michael's Finer Meats and Seafood, LLC	COLUMBUS	144 FTE
STATE-SIZE	G.A. Wintzer & Son Co.	WAPAKONETA	144 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dayton Bag & Burlap Co	DAYTON	144 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nationwide Children's Hospital	Columbus	13,367 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nationwide Children's Hospital Main Campus	Columbus	10,116 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Riverside Methodist Hospital	Columbus	9,759 FTE
CITY-NEAR	North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CMH1	Columbus	5,057 FTE
NAT-TCR	Olmsted Medical Center NW Clinic	Rochester, MN	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	3793 Supermercado Nuestra Familia (Q St, Omaha, Ne)	Omaha, NE	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Valpak Manufacturing Center	Saint Petersburg, FL	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Health Partners New England, Inc. c/o Amesbury Child Psych	Amesbury, MA	2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	2967-CA84	Rosemead, CA	144 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Store 0397	Boynton Beach, FL	144 FTE
NAT-SIZE	340142-Abq-Richard Pino Sta	Albuquerque, NM	144 FTE
NAT-SIZE	033405-Gil-Val Vista Sta	Gilbert, AZ	144 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: 2022, 2020. 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.