Building materials, fiberglass (except insulation, roofing, siding), merchant wholesalers · Ohio

Palmer-Donavin Columbus

Columbus, OH · ~111 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Palmer-Donavin Columbus runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Building materials, fiberglass (except insulation, roofing, siding), merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Palmer-Donavin Columbus: 1.2 TCR = 54% of Building materials, fiberglass (except insulation, roofing, siding), merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palmer-Donavin Columbus safety composite

Palmer-Donavin Columbus scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−0.5

2017→2019

Palmer-Donavin Columbus injury rate improved

Palmer-Donavin Columbus's TCR fell 0.5 from 1.4 in 2017 to 0.9 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 1.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.4 · 2019=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423390 · Columbus, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.2 · 54% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/14
  • PHOTO Max-Tech and Maxxon …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~111 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Max-Tech and Maxxon Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Palmer-Donavin Columbus in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Palmer-Donavin Columbus averages 1.2 TCR (54% of the Building materials, fiberglass (except insulation, roofing, siding), merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Palmer-Donavin Columbus TCR series: 2017=1.4 · 2019=0.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Palmer-Donavin Columbus falls in its industry

168 Building materials, fiberglass establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 14 Building materials, fiberglass employers in Ohio.

Palmer-Donavin Columbus (111 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Palmer-Donavin Columbus
Palmer-Donavin Columbus (111 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Palmer-Donavin Columbus has more employees than the Building materials, fiberglass (except i 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
2019 0.9 0.0 1 0 0
2017 1.4 1.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423390 · OH · Columbus

168 Building materials, fiberglass (except insulation, roofing, siding), merchant wholesalers 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 Max-Tech and Maxxon Corporation 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 564 - IRVING-INT BRANCH 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Whitmor Inc 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fort Worth Branch 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Acorn Farms - Zanesville 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE Canton Estrn Reg Ofc 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE 902-NiSource-Columbus OH-Marble Cliff 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE KS Energy Services (Cincinnati) 111 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 LANXESS Solutions US Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Covanta Essex Company 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ridge Family Center For Learning 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Piedmont Propulsion Systems, LLC 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dynalectric Company Florida 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE Industrial Roofing & Siding/Solar Roof Systems 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE DoubleTree by Hilton Collinsville St Louis 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE South Salt Lake City 111 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.