Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade · Indiana

Tool Dynamics (Columbus)

Columbus, IN · ~64 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tool Dynamics (Columbus) runs at 28% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade A.

Tool Dynamics (Columbus): 0.9 TCR = 28% of Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tool Dynamics (Columbus) safety composite

Tool Dynamics (Columbus) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 95% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 95% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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

Tool Dynamics (Columbus): 0.0 → 1.9 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 1.9 TCR · DART/TCR 2.01× in 2017

Tool Dynamics (Columbus)'s TCR rose 1.9 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 2.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332811 · Columbus, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 28% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #2/15
  • PHOTO CMC Impact Metals Pe…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CMC Impact Metals Pell City (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tool Dynamics (Columbus) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tool Dynamics (Columbus) averages 0.9 TCR (28% of the Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Tool Dynamics (Columbus) TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Tool Dynamics (Columbus) falls in its industry

248 Heat treating metals and metal establishments

Safer than 95% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 15 Heat treating metals and metal employers in Indiana.

Tool Dynamics (Columbus) (64 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Tool Dynamics (Columbus)
Tool Dynamics (Columbus) (64 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Tool Dynamics (Columbus) has more employees than the Heat treating metals and metal products median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2017 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · IN · Columbus

248 Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade 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 CMC Impact Metals Pell City 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Penna Flame Industries 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bodycote Thermal Processing, Inc. - New Berlin 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fremont Heat Treat Division 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corporate Office 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Phend & Brown, Inc. 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Division 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cincinnati 64 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 N and R of New Madrid LLC 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Industrial Solutions : IS - MFG US - Selmer, TN - Busway 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR SMC Electric Joplin 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR TRW Automotive-Marshall 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE N and R of Crane LLC 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Caledonia Township 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE 49- Mt Vernon 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Accurate Screw Machine 64 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: 2017, 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.