Distribution of natural gas · Indiana

Vectren Corporation - Columbus

Columbus, IN · ~20 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vectren Corporation - Columbus runs at 551% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of natural gas workplace, earning a grade F.

Vectren Corporation - Columbus: 6.6 TCR = 551% of Distribution of natural gas BLS 1.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vectren Corporation - Columbus safety composite

Vectren Corporation - Columbus scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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).

F

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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

Vectren Corporation - Columbus: 0.0 → 5.8 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 11.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.88× in 2020

Vectren Corporation - Columbus's TCR rose 5.8 from 0.0 in 2016 to 5.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Columbus, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.6 · 551% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #42/47
  • PHOTO Western Operations C…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Western Operations Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vectren Corporation - Columbus in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vectren Corporation - Columbus averages 6.6 TCR (551% of the Distribution of natural gas BLS benchmark).

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

Vectren Corporation - Columbus TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=5.4 · 2018=10.6 · 2019=11.2 · 2020=5.8 · BLS 1.2

Where Vectren Corporation - Columbus falls in its industry

1,153 Distribution of natural gas establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 47 Distribution of natural gas employers in Indiana.

Vectren Corporation - Columbus (20 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Vectren Corporation - Columbus
Vectren Corporation - Columbus (20 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Vectren Corporation - Columbus has fewer employees than the Distribution of natural gas median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2020 5.8 5.8 1 0 0
2019 11.2 11.2 2 0 0
2018 10.6 5.3 2 0 0
2017 5.4 5.4 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · IN · Columbus

1,153 Distribution of natural gas 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 Western Operations Center 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eversource - Worcester 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Division Street 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Troy Grove Storage Station 6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hoosierland Pork 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Interstate Family Farm, LLC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corydon Growout 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE HVA P&C Inc. 20 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 Alden Long Grove Rehab and Health 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Milan Department of Public Utilities 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Reasors9 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Vectren Corporation - Troy 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trexler 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shade 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valley Building Supply Staunton 20 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.