Metals service centers · North Carolina

Benco Steel, INC

Hickory, NC · ~46 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Benco Steel, INC runs at 327% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade F.

Benco Steel, INC: 7.2 TCR = 327% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Benco Steel, INC safety composite

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

F

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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

Benco Steel, INC: 4.5 → 12.0 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 17.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2024

Benco Steel, INC's TCR rose 7.5 from 4.5 in 2016 to 12.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 17.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Hickory, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 327% of ind

  • DART 7.2 DART
  • RANK #35/41
  • PHOTO HASCALL STEEL NASHVI…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HASCALL STEEL NASHVILLE (0.0 TCR gap)

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Benco Steel, INC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Benco Steel, INC averages 7.2 TCR (327% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

Benco Steel, INC TCR series: 2016=4.5 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=0 · 2019=9.3 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=17.2 · 2022=5 · 2023=11.9 · 2024=12 · BLS 2.2

Where Benco Steel, INC falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 41 Metals service centers employers in North Carolina.

Benco Steel, INC (46 employees, TCR 7.2) 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 Benco Steel, INC
Benco Steel, INC (46 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Benco Steel, INC has more employees than the Metals service centers 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
2024 12.0 7.2 5 0 0
2023 11.9 9.6 5 0 0
2022 5.0 2.5 2 0 0
2021 17.2 12.3 7 0 0
2020 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2019 9.3 4.7 4 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.4 0.0 1 0 0
2016 4.5 2.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · NC · Hickory

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 240 employers in Hickory, NC · 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 HASCALL STEEL NASHVILLE 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Copper and Brass Sales - Acworth 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Earle M. Jorgensen Company Tulsa Services 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR RELIANCE STEEL COMPANY 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Harrells Facility 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buy Sod, Inc. 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buck Steam Station 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE KITTY HAWK AREA 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR Catawba Valley Medical Center 2,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR Merchants Distributors LLC 1,480 FTE
CITY-NEAR Frye Regional Medical Center 1,363 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center 1,006 FTE
NAT-TCR Breaux Mart Supermarkets #4 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Tecomet 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Nelson Brothers Trucking, Inc. 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Drug Package 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Carey Manufacturing Co. 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reliable Bronze & Mfg. Inc 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wenzel's Farm, LLC 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advanced Tooling Specialists, Inc. 46 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.