Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers · Ohio

Cedar Steel LLC

Youngstown, OH · ~25 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cedar Steel LLC runs at 290% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Cedar Steel LLC: 6.4 TCR = 290% of Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cedar Steel LLC safety composite

Cedar Steel LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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).

D

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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%).

TCR Δ

−7.1

2016→2024

Cedar Steel LLC injury rate improved

Cedar Steel LLC's TCR fell 7.1 from 11.2 in 2016 to 4.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 17.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.2 · 2017=11.6 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=9.2 · 2023=17.8 · 2024=4.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Youngstown, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.4 · 290% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #102/130
  • PHOTO Curtis Steel
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Curtis Steel (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cedar Steel LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cedar Steel LLC averages 6.4 TCR (290% of the Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Cedar Steel LLC TCR series: 2016=11.2 · 2017=11.6 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=9.2 · 2023=17.8 · 2024=4.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Cedar Steel LLC falls in its industry

1,299 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesal establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #102 safest of 130 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesal employers in Ohio.

Cedar Steel LLC (25 employees, TCR 6.4) 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 Cedar Steel LLC
Cedar Steel LLC (25 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Cedar Steel LLC has fewer employees than the Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers 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 4.1 0.0 1 0 0
2023 17.8 8.9 4 0 0
2022 9.2 9.2 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.7 3.7 1 0 0
2017 11.6 11.6 3 0 0
2016 11.2 11.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · OH · Youngstown

1,299 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 276 employers in Youngstown, OH · 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 Curtis Steel 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR O'Neal Steel Incorporated_Pittsburgh 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Penn Stainless Products, Inc. Quakertown 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Prichard 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rittman Orchards 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Convoy Dairy LLC 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kalmbach Swine Management 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nature Pure Farm 2 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Elizabeth Health Center 2,702 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health St Elizabeth Health Hospital 2,679 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ohio Edison Company 832 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vallourec Star, LP 681 FTE
NAT-TCR Winema Electric 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Oxford Store 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR American Structural Metals, Inc. 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Taylor Regional Hospital 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hawaii Carpenter Services, Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mason City IA Site 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE At Home Stores #95 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Faulkner Inc of Miami 25 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.