Steel - Fabrication / Erection · Montana

American Steel Inc.

Billings, MT · ~35 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

American Steel Inc. runs at 301% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Steel - Fabrication / Erection workplace, earning a grade F.

American Steel Inc.: 9.9 TCR = 301% of Steel - Fabrication / Erection BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American Steel Inc. safety composite

American Steel Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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).

F

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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 Steel Inc.: 5.3 → 11.9 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 12.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.72× in 2018

American Steel Inc.'s TCR rose 6.7 from 5.3 in 2016 to 11.9 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 12.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Billings, MT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.9 · 301% of ind

  • DART 7.2 DART
  • RANK #8/9
  • PHOTO US Tower Corp Woodla…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: US Tower Corp Woodlake Facility (0.0 TCR gap)

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American Steel Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows American Steel Inc. averages 9.9 TCR (301% of the Steel - Fabrication / Erection BLS benchmark).

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

American Steel Inc. TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=12.6 · 2018=11.9 · BLS 3.3

Where American Steel Inc. falls in its industry

1,491 Steel - Fabrication / Erection establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Montana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 9 Steel - Fabrication / Erection employers in Montana.

American Steel Inc. (35 employees, TCR 9.9) 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 American Steel Inc.
American Steel Inc. (35 employees, TCR 9.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

American Steel Inc. has fewer employees than the Steel - Fabrication / Erection median and a higher 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
2018 11.9 7.2 5 0 0
2017 12.6 0.0 5 0 0
2016 5.3 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · MT · Billings

1,491 Steel - Fabrication / Erection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,536 rated employers in Montana with headcount on file · 327 employers in Billings, MT · 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 US Tower Corp Woodlake Facility 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR PROINLOSA ENERGY CORPORATION 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Berger Steel Corporation 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR TrueNorth Steel-Rapid Ciy 10.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Roundup Yard 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hardin Generating Station 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE High Country Paving 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mountain Meadow Herbs 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Billings Clinic Hospital 2,366 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Vincent Healthcare 1,860 FTE
CITY-NEAR Billings Clinic Downtown Campus 1,223 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. John's Lutheran Ministries 651 FTE
NAT-TCR Salisbury - 110 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Waterville (Mewat) 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR J. Lohr Winery - Paso Robles 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR LQ0976 Mesa Superstition Springs 9.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rosewood Manor 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stenstrom General Contractor - Design/Build Group 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE KTL 53028 Newton 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Caterpillar VSI EP 35 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.