Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing · Mississippi
General Shale Columbus Brick
Columbus, MS · ~78 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
General Shale Columbus Brick runs at 118% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
General Shale Columbus Brick: 3.9 TCR = 118% of Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
General Shale Columbus Brick safety composite
General Shale Columbus Brick scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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).
35/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.89 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.88 per 100 workers
Safer than 12% 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%).
Rising injury rate
General Shale Columbus Brick: 2.4 → 5.9 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 5.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.51× in 2018
General Shale Columbus Brick's TCR rose 3.5 from 2.4 in 2016 to 5.9 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 327120 · Columbus, MS ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 118% of ind
- DART 5.9 DART
- RANK #2/4
- PHOTO Ouachita Brick Plant
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~78 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Ouachita Brick Plant (0.0 TCR gap)
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General Shale Columbus Brick in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Endicott Clay
Endicott Clay Products Co.
4 TCR
- This site
General Shale Columbus Brick
3.9 TCR
- Ouachita Brick
Ouachita Brick Plant
3.9 TCR
- Sergeant Bluff
Sergeant Bluff Plant
3.8 TCR
- Vesuvius USA T
Vesuvius USA Tyler
3.8 TCR
What this shows General Shale Columbus Brick averages 3.9 TCR (118% of the Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
General Shale Columbus Brick TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2017=3.4 · 2018=5.9 · BLS 3.3
Where General Shale Columbus Brick falls in its industry
307 Bricks (i.e., common, face, gl establishmentsSafer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Bricks (i.e., common, face, gl employers in Mississippi.
General Shale Columbus Brick has more employees than the Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, holl median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 | 5.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
327120 · MS · Columbus
307 Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 104 employers in Columbus, MS · 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 | Ouachita Brick Plant | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Endicott Clay Products Co. | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sergeant Bluff Plant | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Vesuvius USA Tyler | 3.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Sanderson Farms McComb Hatchery | 78 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | JT Shannon Lumber Company, INC. | 78 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Scotch Plywood Company Waynesboro Division | 78 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | F.F.M., Inc. | 78 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Flat Roll Group - Columbus | 905 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Steel Dynamics, Inc. - FR Columbus | 753 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Paccar Engine Company | 627 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bracken Construction Company, Inc. | 376 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Heritage Health - Mt. Zion | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ryerson - Houston South | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Carteret (Njcrt) | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Location #5 | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Iron Hill Brewery- Voorhees | 78 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | RDU - Airport United Airlines Offices | 78 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | IE / OC Branch | 78 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Plant 03 Chemical & Rebond | 78 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.