Alternative energy (e.g., geothermal, ocean wave, solar, wind) structure construction · Ohio

Gudenkauf

Columbus, OH · ~235 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Gudenkauf runs at 182% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Alternative energy (e.g., geothermal, ocean wave, solar, wind) structure construction workplace, earning a grade D.

Gudenkauf: 5.1 TCR = 182% of Alternative energy (e.g., geothermal, ocean wave, solar, wind) structure construction BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gudenkauf safety composite

Gudenkauf scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 28% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 3%), 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).

F

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 3% 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

−3.1

2016→2023

Gudenkauf injury rate improved

Gudenkauf's TCR fell 3.1 from 7.0 in 2016 to 3.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.0 · 2020=6.3 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Columbus, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 182% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #32/37
  • PHOTO NA-US-AZ-Phoenix/Dee…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 47 inj
  • SIZE ~235 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NA-US-AZ-Phoenix/Deer Valley-Pinnacle Peak Road (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gudenkauf in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gudenkauf averages 5.1 TCR (182% of the Alternative energy (e.g., geothermal, ocean wave, solar, wind) structure construction BLS benchmark).

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

Gudenkauf TCR series: 2016=7 · 2020=6.3 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=3.9 · BLS 2.8

Where Gudenkauf falls in its industry

1,605 Alternative energy (e.g., geot establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 37 Alternative energy (e.g., geot employers in Ohio.

Gudenkauf (235 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Gudenkauf
Gudenkauf (235 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Gudenkauf has more employees than the Alternative energy (e.g., geothermal, oc median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2023 3.9 2.1 13 0 1
2022 3.3 2.4 11 0 0
2020 6.3 3.3 15 0 0
2016 7.0 6.1 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · OH · Columbus

1,605 Alternative energy (e.g., geothermal, ocean wave, solar, wind) structure construction 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 NA-US-AZ-Phoenix/Deer Valley-Pinnacle Peak Road 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR LCS:LC043 - LC043-Mechanicsville, VA 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Centric Texas Fiber 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Construction 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE D&J Printing Inc, dba Sheridan Ohio 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE Steere 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE BILJAX, INC. 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE MAC Manufacturing, Inc. 235 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 Arcata Forest Products 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Goggin Eaton 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Edmund A. Allen Lumber, Illinois Facility 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE CVR Crude Transportation 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lions Gate Sjf Ccrc Inc 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE Seyer Industries 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bethesda Hospital (HealthEast) 235 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: 2023, 2022, 2020, 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.