Low voltage electrical work · Indiana
Forster Electrical Services, Inc.
Columbus, IN · ~63 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.0
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Forster Electrical Services, Inc. runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Low voltage electrical work workplace, earning a grade C.
Forster Electrical Services, Inc.: 3.0 TCR = 105% of Low voltage electrical work BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Forster Electrical Services, Inc. safety composite
Forster Electrical Services, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.95 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.52 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% 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
Forster Electrical Services, Inc.: 4.6 → 6.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 6.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.52× in 2024
Forster Electrical Services, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.5 from 4.6 in 2016 to 6.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238210 · Columbus, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 105% of ind
- DART 1.5 DART
- RANK #49/63
- PHOTO Briggs Electric, Inc…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~63 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Briggs Electric, Inc.-CA (0.0 TCR gap)
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Forster Electrical Services, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Forster Electrical Services, Inc.
3 TCR
- Briggs Electri
Briggs Electric, Inc.-CA
3 TCR
- Wiring Technol
Wiring Technologies Inc
3 TCR
- Multi-Comm Inc
Multi-Comm Inc
3 TCR
- Merit Electric
Merit Electrical Group Inc
3 TCR
What this shows Forster Electrical Services, Inc. averages 3.0 TCR (105% of the Low voltage electrical work BLS benchmark).
Forster Electrical Services, Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=5 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=6.1 · BLS 2.8
Where Forster Electrical Services, Inc. falls in its industry
4,550 Low voltage electrical work establishmentsSafer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 63 Low voltage electrical work employers in Indiana.
Forster Electrical Services, Inc. has more employees than the Low voltage electrical work median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238210 · IN · Columbus
4,550 Low voltage electrical work employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 141 employers in Columbus, IN · 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 | Briggs Electric, Inc.-CA | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wiring Technologies Inc | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Multi-Comm Inc | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Merit Electrical Group Inc | 3.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Total Seed Production | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Johnson County REMC | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Loren Wood Builders | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | RLTurner | 63 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Toyota Material Handling, Inc. | 1,961 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NTN Driveshaft Inc. | 1,756 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Columbus Engine Plant | 1,335 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Commons Office Building | 1,248 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Cambridge Packaging Inc. | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Joe McGee Const. Co., Inc. | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CMD | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sanderson Farms Foods Division | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | K Construction Co Inc | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Auburn AL Yard | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0427 Houston | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Davis Electric, Inc. | 63 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.