Metals service centers · Indiana

B Metals, Inc

Hammond, IN · ~65 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

B Metals, Inc runs at 97% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade C.

B Metals, Inc: 2.1 TCR = 97% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

B Metals, Inc safety composite

B Metals, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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%).

B Metals, Inc held a steady TCR band

B Metals, Inc's TCR held near 0.2 from 1.5 in 2017 to 1.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.5 · 2018=3.2 · 2022=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Hammond, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.1 · 97% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #17/75
  • PHOTO Eaton Steel Corporat…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Eaton Steel Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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B Metals, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows B Metals, Inc averages 2.1 TCR (97% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

B Metals, Inc TCR series: 2017=1.5 · 2018=3.2 · 2022=1.7 · BLS 2.2

Where B Metals, Inc falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 75 Metals service centers employers in Indiana.

B Metals, Inc (65 employees, TCR 2.1) 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 B Metals, Inc
B Metals, Inc (65 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

B Metals, Inc has more employees than the Metals service centers median and a lower 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 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2018 3.2 0.0 2 0 0
2017 1.5 1.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IN · Hammond

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 136 employers in Hammond, IN · 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 Eaton Steel Corporation 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eastern Metal Supply Bristol 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Tube and Bar, Inc Tulsa, OK 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR O'Neal Steel Incorporated_Nashville 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE FTWN NE Svc Ctr 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Runnebohm Construction Company Inc 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE TELECOM PLACEMENT INC 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE COMBDRIN-IndyEast 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR HORSESHOE HAMMOND 1,312 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lear Corporation - Hammond 920 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franciscan Health Hammond 535 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2818 419 FTE
NAT-TCR Brewerton 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Cleveland Network 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Waukesha County 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR AWC Richmond 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Blaise Alexander Subaru 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE KLS Interface Union City 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Petersburg Location 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jersey City - L2L 176 65 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, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.