Metals service centers · Puerto Rico

Carolina Building Materials Inc.

Carolina, PR · ~35 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carolina Building Materials Inc. runs at 358% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade F.

Carolina Building Materials Inc.: 7.9 TCR = 358% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carolina Building Materials Inc. safety composite

Carolina Building Materials Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 15.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

Carolina Building Materials Inc.: 0.0 → 15.8 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 15.8 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2018

Carolina Building Materials Inc.'s TCR rose 15.8 from 0.0 in 2017 to 15.8 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Carolina, PR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.9 · 358% of ind

  • DART 15.8 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO Klein Steel Service …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Klein Steel Service Inc. - RPC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carolina Building Materials Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carolina Building Materials Inc. averages 7.9 TCR (358% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

Carolina Building Materials Inc. TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=15.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Carolina Building Materials Inc. falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Puerto Rico alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Metals service centers employers in Puerto Rico.

Carolina Building Materials Inc. (35 employees, TCR 7.9) 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 Carolina Building Materials Inc.
Carolina Building Materials Inc. (35 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Carolina Building Materials Inc. has fewer 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
2018 15.8 15.8 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · PR · Carolina

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,632 rated employers in Puerto Rico with headcount on file · 106 employers in Carolina, PR · 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 Klein Steel Service Inc. - RPC 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dalco Metals, Inc 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR MN Plate 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR F3 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Superior Angran, LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE CENTRAL WAREHOUSE 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE SJU-GROUND OPS 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE PRSJN - SAN JUAN 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Genesis Security - Regiones 4,698 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lilly Del Carbe Inc - Carolina 1,082 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lilly Del Carbe Inc Carolina 1,011 FTE
CITY-NEAR Universidad Ana G. Mendez - Carolina 966 FTE
NAT-TCR Allied Services S.N.C 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Roses Express 650 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR TX_Flower Mound_2000 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 502 ABC Supply Co., Inc. 7.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Charlottesville-Bldg Maint 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Newton HKY 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Morris Yachts, LLC 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE KTL 53028 Newton 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. 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.