Handtools, power-driven, repair and maintenance services retailing new power-driven handtools · Indiana
Sterling Industries
Columbus, IN · ~84 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sterling Industries runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Handtools, power-driven, repair and maintenance services retailing new power-driven handtools workplace, earning a grade C.
Sterling Industries: 3.5 TCR = 104% of Handtools, power-driven, repair and maintenance services retailing new power-driven handtools BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sterling Industries safety composite
Sterling Industries scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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).
58/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 3.53 per 100 workers
Safer than 75% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 4.52 per 100 workers
Safer than 44% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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
Sterling Industries: 2.5 → 4.5 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 4.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.28× in 2022
Sterling Industries's TCR rose 2.0 from 2.5 in 2021 to 4.5 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 444130 · Columbus, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 104% of ind
- DART 4.5 DART
- RANK #6/16
- PHOTO JACKSONVILLE, TX #03…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~84 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: JACKSONVILLE, TX #03228 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sterling Industries in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Sterling Industries
3.5 TCR
- JACKSONVILLE,
JACKSONVILLE, TX #03228
3.5 TCR
- DOUGLASVILLE,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA #00350
3.5 TCR
- McLendon's Har
McLendon's Hardware
3.5 TCR
- MACS Sioux Fal
MACS Sioux Falls
3.5 TCR
What this shows Sterling Industries averages 3.5 TCR (104% of the Handtools, power-driven, repair and maintenance services retailing new power-driven handtools BLS benchmark).
Sterling Industries TCR series: 2021=2.5 · 2022=4.5 · BLS 3.4
Where Sterling Industries falls in its industry
1,493 Handtools, power-driven, repai establishmentsSafer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 16 Handtools, power-driven, repai employers in Indiana.
Sterling Industries has more employees than the Handtools, power-driven, repair and main median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.2. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
444130 · IN · Columbus
1,493 Handtools, power-driven, repair and maintenance services retailing new power-driven handtools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 141 employers in Columbus, IN · 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 | JACKSONVILLE, TX #03228 | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DOUGLASVILLE, GA #00350 | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | McLendon's Hardware | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MACS Sioux Falls | 3.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Gaff line service | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gariup Construction Co., Inc. | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Quality Plumbing & Heating of Bunker Hill, Inc. | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | A. Hattersley & Sons, Inc. | 84 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Toyota Material Handling, Inc. | 1,961 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NTN Driveshaft Inc. | 1,756 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Columbus Engine Plant | 1,335 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Commons Office Building | 1,248 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | HG193 | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | FSM-ODFL | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 449 - Duluth-GA | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Schoeneman's Sioux Falls | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | West St Paul ISD #197-Moreland Elementary | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trident - Marinette | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | State Metal Industries, Inc. | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ACBL - Cairo | 84 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.