Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing · Tennessee

Kirk & Blum Columbia

Columbia, TN · ~55 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kirk & Blum Columbia runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Kirk & Blum Columbia: 3.7 TCR = 112% of Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kirk & Blum Columbia safety composite

Kirk & Blum Columbia scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−2.8

2016→2024

Kirk & Blum Columbia injury rate improved

Kirk & Blum Columbia's TCR fell 2.8 from 3.8 in 2016 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.8 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=8.4 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=6.5 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Columbia, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 112% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/21
  • PHOTO A&E Manufacturing Co…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: A&E Manufacturing Company, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kirk & Blum Columbia in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kirk & Blum Columbia averages 3.7 TCR (112% of the Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kirk & Blum Columbia TCR series: 2016=3.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=8.4 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=6.5 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=1 · BLS 3.3

Where Kirk & Blum Columbia falls in its industry

1,158 Ducts, sheet metal, manufactur establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 21 Ducts, sheet metal, manufactur employers in Tennessee.

Kirk & Blum Columbia (55 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Kirk & Blum Columbia
Kirk & Blum Columbia (55 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Kirk & Blum Columbia has fewer employees than the Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 1.0 0.0 1 0 0
2023 2.2 0.0 1 0 0
2022 6.5 0.0 3 0 0
2021 4.5 4.5 0 2 0
2020 8.4 6.3 1 3 0
2019 3.3 1.6 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 3.8 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · TN · Columbia

1,158 Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 79 employers in Columbia, TN · 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 A&E Manufacturing Company, Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waltz-Holst Blow Pipe Co. Inc 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR A & J Precision Sheetmetal, Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Osceola Telling 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Alabama GP Vaccination Department 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE GP Production (Pikeville) 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water Department 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charleston Site 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maury Regional Medical Center 2,287 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maury County Government 524 FTE
CITY-NEAR Columbia State Community College 506 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 192 399 FTE
NAT-TCR Kao Specialties Americas LLC 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR BDV 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Tingue, Peachtree City 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Redner's Warehouse Market Exeter 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cannon Constructors South 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brockton Mold 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elderlee, Inc. 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE PAM Trading Corporation 55 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.