Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing · California

Adams Iron Co

Santa Ana, CA · ~55 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Adams Iron Co runs at 101% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Adams Iron Co: 3.3 TCR = 101% of Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Adams Iron Co safety composite

Adams Iron Co scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.63 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.1

2018→2024

Adams Iron Co injury rate improved

Adams Iron Co's TCR fell 1.1 from 2.8 in 2018 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.8 · 2020=8.0 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Santa Ana, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 101% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #23/66
  • PHOTO Greiner Industries Inc
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Greiner Industries Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Adams Iron Co in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Adams Iron Co averages 3.3 TCR (101% of the Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Adams Iron Co TCR series: 2018=2.8 · 2020=8 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Adams Iron Co falls in its industry

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 66 Structural steel, fabricated, employers in California.

Adams Iron Co (55 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Adams Iron Co
Adams Iron Co (55 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Adams Iron Co has more employees than the Structural steel, fabricated, manufactur median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2024 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2023 2.8 1.4 2 0 0
2022 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2020 8.0 6.4 5 0 0
2018 2.8 2.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · CA · Santa Ana

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 492 employers in Santa Ana, CA · 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 Greiner Industries Inc 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Peerless Manufacturing, Shellman, Georgia 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR FIM 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Minnesota Fabricating, Inc. 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE FARMING ADMINISTRATION 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dwelley Family Farms LLC 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-Valley Vineyard Management 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cornerstone Certified Vineyard 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Think Together 2,496 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Santa Ana 1,472 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orange County/Los Angeles 1,072 FTE
CITY-NEAR 056937-SANTA ANA CA P&DC 920 FTE
NAT-TCR St. George Office 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Lhp Seton Food 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Midland Paper - Minneapolis, MN 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR General Transport & Consultants Inc 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dawn Food Products - Dallas Distribution 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nephi Office 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE RSS Nashville Inc. 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rising Sun Pools Inc. 55 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2018. 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.