Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing · Ohio

WC Columbus

Columbus, OH · ~385 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

WC Columbus runs at 43% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

WC Columbus: 1.4 TCR = 43% of Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

WC Columbus safety composite

WC Columbus scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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%).

WC Columbus held a steady TCR band

WC Columbus's TCR held near 0.2 from 0.8 in 2017 to 1.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.8 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332420 · Columbus, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 43% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #4/23
  • PHOTO VME Fabricators
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~385 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: VME Fabricators (0.0 TCR gap)

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WC Columbus in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows WC Columbus averages 1.4 TCR (43% of the Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

WC Columbus TCR series: 2017=0.8 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=1 · BLS 3.3

Where WC Columbus falls in its industry

355 Fabricated Metal Product Manuf establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 23 Fabricated Metal Product Manuf employers in Ohio.

WC Columbus (385 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate WC Columbus
WC Columbus (385 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6

WC Columbus has more employees than the Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 1.0 0.8 4 0 0
2019 2.5 1.8 11 0 0
2018 1.3 1.0 5 0 0
2017 0.8 0.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332420 · OH · Columbus

355 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing 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 VME Fabricators 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mueller Environmental Designs, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR WW Tank & Vessel 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blackeagle Fabrication 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rudolph Libbe Inc - Walbridge 385 FTE
STATE-SIZE MTNA-Greenville Plant 385 FTE
STATE-SIZE MTD Products Inc 385 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6458-ZWCO 385 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 Administration Building 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR D02 Long Island 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Corportate 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Bennington, VT, USA 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE EHP-Utica 385 FTE
NAT-SIZE Olmsted Locks and Dam Project 385 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heartshare 385 FTE
NAT-SIZE SMG Jacksonville 385 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. 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.