Metals Service Centers and Offices · Tennessee

American Fabricators, Inc AFI

Nashville, TN · ~172 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

American Fabricators, Inc AFI runs at 286% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metals Service Centers and Offices workplace, earning a grade F.

American Fabricators, Inc AFI: 6.3 TCR = 286% of Metals Service Centers and Offices BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American Fabricators, Inc AFI safety composite

American Fabricators, Inc AFI scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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).

D

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−6.3

2016→2019

American Fabricators, Inc AFI injury rate improved

American Fabricators, Inc AFI's TCR fell 6.3 from 10.8 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.8 · 2017=6.7 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Nashville, TN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.3 · 286% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #27/32
  • PHOTO Boyd Metals of Oklah…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 41 inj
  • SIZE ~172 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Boyd Metals of Oklahoma City, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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American Fabricators, Inc AFI in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows American Fabricators, Inc AFI averages 6.3 TCR (286% of the Metals Service Centers and Offices BLS benchmark).

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

American Fabricators, Inc AFI TCR series: 2016=10.8 · 2017=6.7 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=4.5 · BLS 2.2

Where American Fabricators, Inc AFI falls in its industry

1,299 Metals Service Centers and Off establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 32 Metals Service Centers and Off employers in Tennessee.

American Fabricators, Inc AFI (172 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate American Fabricators, Inc AFI
American Fabricators, Inc AFI (172 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

American Fabricators, Inc AFI has more employees than the Metals Service Centers and Offices median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2019 4.5 3.0 5 1 0
2018 3.3 1.3 10 0 0
2017 6.7 1.5 9 0 0
2016 10.8 7.0 17 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · TN · Nashville

1,299 Metals Service Centers and Offices employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 1,187 employers in Nashville, TN · 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 Boyd Metals of Oklahoma City, Inc. 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eastern Metal Supply TLC 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR PDM Sparks 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR OBrien Steel Service 6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Chattanooga Mill 172 FTE
STATE-SIZE ITW CIP Fasteners 172 FTE
STATE-SIZE General Motors (Memphis PDC) 172 FTE
STATE-SIZE Specialty Surgical Instrumentation, Inc. 172 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parallon Enterprises, LLC 15,267 FTE
CITY-NEAR METROPOLITAN GOVT. OF NASHVILLE,& DAVIDSON COUNTY 10,278 FTE
CITY-NEAR METRO NASHVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS 9,049 FTE
CITY-NEAR TriStar Centennial Medical Center 3,106 FTE
NAT-TCR SSM St. Josephs Rehab 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Killeen Machine Tool 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Bolt Custom Trucks 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Queensbury 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Crestwood Children's Center 172 FTE
NAT-SIZE National Development of New England 172 FTE
NAT-SIZE RCX Missouri 172 FTE
NAT-SIZE QSI Hatfield 172 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: 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.