Commercial building construction general contractors · Ohio

Messer Construction Co. - Columbus Region

Columbus, OH · ~120 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Messer Construction Co. - Columbus Region runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Commercial building construction general contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Messer Construction Co. - Columbus Region: 2.1 TCR = 73% of Commercial building construction general contractors BLS 2.9 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Messer Construction Co. - Columbus Region safety composite

Messer Construction Co. - Columbus Region scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

Messer Construction Co. - Columbus Region: 1.6 → 2.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.42× in 2024

Messer Construction Co. - Columbus Region's TCR rose 1.1 from 1.6 in 2023 to 2.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236220 · Columbus, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 73% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #107/220
  • PHOTO Brackett Builders, I…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~120 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Brackett Builders, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Messer Construction Co. - Columbus Region in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Messer Construction Co. - Columbus Region averages 2.1 TCR (73% of the Commercial building construction general contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Messer Construction Co. - Columbus Region TCR series: 2023=1.6 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 2.9

Where Messer Construction Co. - Columbus Region falls in its industry

4,692 Commercial building constructi establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #107 safest of 220 Commercial building constructi employers in Ohio.

Messer Construction Co. - Columbus Region (120 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Messer Construction Co. - Columbus Region
Messer Construction Co. - Columbus Region (120 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Messer Construction Co. - Columbus Region has more employees than the Commercial building construction general median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 2.6 0.9 3 0 0
2023 1.6 0.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236220 · OH · Columbus

4,692 Commercial building construction general contractors 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 Brackett Builders, Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Integrity, Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Construction 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Nevell Group 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE CAM Industrial Solutions @ Cenovus 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE CMS Corporation 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE Baker DC, LLC 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE Romanoff Electric Co., LLC 120 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 Waterloo Service Center 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR T. E. Roberts, Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Lehigh Valley Plastics 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR C M Richey Electrical Contractors, Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fairview Manor 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE J.W. Cheatham, LLC 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Path Light Consulting, LLC. 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Otis Elevator Company-Houston 120 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.