Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors · Texas

Blakeman Steel, Inc.

Fort Worth, TX · ~184 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Blakeman Steel, Inc. runs at 304% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Blakeman Steel, Inc.: 8.5 TCR = 304% of Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Blakeman Steel, Inc. safety composite

Blakeman Steel, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

−3.7

2016→2024

Blakeman Steel, Inc. injury rate improved

Blakeman Steel, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.7 from 13.9 in 2016 to 10.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 13.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.9 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=9.4 · 2020=9.1 · 2024=10.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · Fort Worth, TX ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.5 · 304% of ind

  • DART 10.2 DART
  • RANK #63/66
  • PHOTO Wilbert Precast
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 77 inj
  • SIZE ~184 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wilbert Precast (0.0 TCR gap)

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Blakeman Steel, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Blakeman Steel, Inc. averages 8.5 TCR (304% 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

Blakeman Steel, Inc. TCR series: 2016=13.9 · 2018=0 · 2019=9.4 · 2020=9.1 · 2024=10.2 · BLS 2.8

Where Blakeman Steel, Inc. falls in its industry

705 Structural steel erecting or i establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #63 safest of 66 Structural steel erecting or i employers in Texas.

Blakeman Steel, Inc. (184 employees, TCR 8.5) 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 Blakeman Steel, Inc.
Blakeman Steel, Inc. (184 employees, TCR 8.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Blakeman Steel, Inc. has more 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
2024 10.2 10.2 16 0 0
2020 9.1 8.5 16 1 0
2019 9.4 8.3 17 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 13.9 12.9 28 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · TX · Fort Worth

705 Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 1,346 employers in Fort Worth, TX · 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 Wilbert Precast 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4541_9890 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shannon Side Welding Inc dba Sheedy Fabrications 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Reno Iron Works 8.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE ANDERSON PERFORATING SERVICES LLC DBA API PERFORATING 184 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Texas Gas 184 FTE
STATE-SIZE Embrey Development Company 184 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lithko TX, LLC 184 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lockheed Martin Corporation US TX Fort Worth Lockheed Blvd (1093) 16,547 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lockheed Martin Corporation Fort Worth Campus (1093) 13,805 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cook Children's Medical Center 4,998 FTE
CITY-NEAR TX- Fort Worth 4,667 FTE
NAT-TCR Raley's 338-Oakdale 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Mira Loma Terminal 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR The Jet Pulverizer Co., Inc. 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Trego/Dugan Aviation, Inc. Bdl 8.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Polyplex USA 184 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tachi-S Automotive Seating USA, LLC 184 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lindsay Automotive Inc dba Lindsay Honda 184 FTE
NAT-SIZE BT Norcross 184 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.