Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors · Maryland

Atec Shielding LLC

Columbia, MD · ~21 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Atec Shielding LLC runs at 182% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Atec Shielding LLC: 5.1 TCR = 182% of Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Atec Shielding LLC safety composite

Atec Shielding LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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)
D 5.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−4.0

2021→2023

Atec Shielding LLC injury rate improved

Atec Shielding LLC's TCR fell 4.0 from 4.0 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=4.0 · 2022=11.2 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · Columbia, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 182% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/11
  • PHOTO Morrow Steel Fabrica…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Morrow Steel Fabricators/Erectors, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Atec Shielding LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Atec Shielding LLC averages 5.1 TCR (182% of the Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Atec Shielding LLC TCR series: 2021=4 · 2022=11.2 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Atec Shielding LLC falls in its industry

705 Structural steel erecting or i establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 11 Structural steel erecting or i employers in Maryland.

Atec Shielding LLC (21 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Atec Shielding LLC
Atec Shielding LLC (21 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Atec Shielding LLC has fewer employees than the Structural steel erecting or iron work c 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 11.2 0.0 2 0 0
2021 4.0 4.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · MD · Columbia

705 Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 179 employers in Columbia, MD · 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 Morrow Steel Fabricators/Erectors, Inc. 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midsouth Steel, LLC 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Anderson Charnesky Structural Steel, Inc. 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gulf Shores Precast Erectors dba Gulf Coast Precast Erectors 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Salisbury Hatchery #2 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1996-Galena, MD (Monsanto Co.) 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mag Spec Chemicals OH 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Orsted - Annapolis 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Howard County General Hospital 1,952 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate HQ 712 FTE
CITY-NEAR NuVasive Clinical Services Monitoring, Inc 621 FTE
CITY-NEAR NuVasive Clinical Services Monitoring Inc - Columbia 586 FTE
NAT-TCR 00-Northern Distribution Center 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Gabler Trucking Inc 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Blackman Inc/dba New Tech Metals 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Edmund A. Allen Lumber, Illinois Facility 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tubbs Enterprises, Inc. 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Duro-Last Roofing (MA) 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coalescence NHB LLC 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Inland Truck Parts Company 15 21 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.