Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing · Nebraska
4504 - Valley Steel Plant
Valley, NE · ~37 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
4504 - Valley Steel Plant runs at 190% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
4504 - Valley Steel Plant: 6.3 TCR = 190% of Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
4504 - Valley Steel Plant safety composite
4504 - Valley Steel Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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).
25/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.28 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 8.74 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% 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
4504 - Valley Steel Plant: 5.3 → 8.7 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 12.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.39× in 2024
4504 - Valley Steel Plant's TCR rose 3.5 from 5.3 in 2016 to 8.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 12.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331221 · Valley, NE ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 190% of ind
- DART 8.7 DART
- RANK P27
- PHOTO Ratner Steel Minnesota
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~37 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Ratner Steel Minnesota (0.0 TCR gap)
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4504 - Valley Steel Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
4504 - Valley Steel Plant
6.3 TCR
- Ratner Steel M
Ratner Steel Minnesota
6.3 TCR
- Jemison Metals
Jemison Metals SMT
6.3 TCR
- Kenwal Steel -
Kenwal Steel - TN, LLC
6.3 TCR
- Smith & Wesson
Smith & Wesson Houlton, ME Site B
6.2 TCR
What this shows 4504 - Valley Steel Plant averages 6.3 TCR (190% of the Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing BLS benchmark).
4504 - Valley Steel Plant TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=6 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=12.3 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=8.7 · BLS 3.3
Where 4504 - Valley Steel Plant falls in its industry
206 Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturi establishmentsSafer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.
4504 - Valley Steel Plant has fewer employees than the Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12.3 | 6.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331221 · NE · Valley
206 Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 24 employers in Valley, NE · 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 | Ratner Steel Minnesota | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Jemison Metals SMT | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kenwal Steel - TN, LLC | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Smith & Wesson Houlton, ME Site B | 6.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | CSS Farms, LLC Kearney, NE | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 103413 - CHMC- Hubbard Center for Children | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Meco-Henne Contracting | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2701 | 37 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Valley NE | 1,822 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Valley NE - Main Campus | 1,630 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Valley NE - Main Campus - Irrigation | 614 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Valley NE - Main Campus - Structures | 566 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 4061 - Countertops Laminate | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tipp City Oh - 3240 | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | RCP-SALINAS | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Eastern Metal Supply TLC | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | MSL Home Office | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | A. W. Farrell & Son, Inc. - Erie | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Madison | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | DFC Manufacturing Group LLC dba Sharples | 37 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.