Bars, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers · South Carolina

American Metals Inc.

Fort Mill, SC · ~20 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

American Metals Inc. runs at 428% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bars, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

American Metals Inc.: 9.4 TCR = 428% of Bars, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American Metals Inc. safety composite

American Metals Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

American Metals Inc.: 11.3 → 15.5 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 15.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2022

American Metals Inc.'s TCR rose 4.1 from 11.3 in 2017 to 15.5 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Fort Mill, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.4 · 428% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #17/18
  • PHOTO Merfish United Easton
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Merfish United Easton (0.0 TCR gap)

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American Metals Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows American Metals Inc. averages 9.4 TCR (428% of the Bars, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

American Metals Inc. TCR series: 2017=11.3 · 2018=0 · 2021=10.9 · 2022=15.5 · BLS 2.2

Where American Metals Inc. falls in its industry

1,299 Bars, metal (except precious), establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 18 Bars, metal (except precious), employers in South Carolina.

American Metals Inc. (20 employees, TCR 9.4) 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 Metals Inc.
American Metals Inc. (20 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

American Metals Inc. has fewer employees than the Bars, metal (except precious), merchant 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
2022 15.5 0.0 3 0 0
2021 10.9 5.4 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 11.3 5.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · SC · Fort Mill

1,299 Bars, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 121 employers in Fort Mill, SC · 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 Merfish United Easton 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR BB 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Steel And Aluminum - Liverpool 9.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Log Creek Timber Company Inc. 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dorchestor 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dorchester Biomass LLC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE FIELD SERVICES TECH BUILDING 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR South East Distribution Center SEDC 1,467 FTE
CITY-NEAR South East Distribution Center - SEDC 1,078 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shutterfly Fort Mill 841 FTE
CITY-NEAR US FOODS FORT MILL 719 FTE
NAT-TCR 193619-Great Bend Po 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 072351-Den-University Park Sta 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Lockheed Martin Corporation LM Aero - Meridian (1507) 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 254710-Ionia Po 9.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Auburn Hills plant 36 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Patz & Hall Winery 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE 541638-Colville Po 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE 548331-Tacoma Wa Vmf 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: 2022, 2021, 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.