General freight trucking, local · Ohio

HDS-Columbus

Columbus, OH · ~50 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HDS-Columbus runs at 167% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General freight trucking, local workplace, earning a grade D.

HDS-Columbus: 7.5 TCR = 167% of General freight trucking, local BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HDS-Columbus safety composite

HDS-Columbus scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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).

D

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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

−10.9

2016→2019

HDS-Columbus injury rate improved

HDS-Columbus's TCR fell 10.9 from 12.2 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 12.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=12.2 · 2018=9.1 · 2019=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Columbus, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.5 · 167% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #151/186
  • PHOTO Pittsburgh
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pittsburgh (0.0 TCR gap)

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HDS-Columbus in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HDS-Columbus averages 7.5 TCR (167% of the General freight trucking, local BLS benchmark).

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

HDS-Columbus TCR series: 2016=12.2 · 2018=9.1 · 2019=1.3 · BLS 4.5

Where HDS-Columbus falls in its industry

2,784 General freight trucking, loca establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #151 safest of 186 General freight trucking, loca employers in Ohio.

HDS-Columbus (50 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate HDS-Columbus
HDS-Columbus (50 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

HDS-Columbus has more employees than the General freight trucking, local median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2019 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2018 9.1 9.1 6 0 0
2016 12.2 12.2 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · OH · Columbus

2,784 General freight trucking, local 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 Pittsburgh 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR WEST PALM BEACH (FLRVB) 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CASLR - SAN LEANDRO 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR T R Trucking & Excavating, Inc. 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Columbia Care Ohio LLC 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rossburg 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE B & D Water Inc. 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbus SE Svc Ctr 50 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 Arby's 7357 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Abs 0028 3202 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Coca Cola Southwest Beverages - Okmulgee 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Easter Seals Hawaii - Hilo Service Center 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sterling Technology 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Colletta 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE REG Life Sciences 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Anchor Heating & Air Conditioning Co. Inc 50 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: 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.