Joists, fabricated bar, manufacturing · New Jersey

Central Metals, Inc.

Camden, NJ · ~51 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central Metals, Inc. runs at 100% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Joists, fabricated bar, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Central Metals, Inc.: 3.3 TCR = 100% of Joists, fabricated bar, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Metals, Inc. safety composite

Central Metals, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

−6.8

2016→2024

Central Metals, Inc. injury rate improved

Central Metals, Inc.'s TCR fell 6.8 from 8.6 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.6 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Camden, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 100% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #8/20
  • PHOTO EHC Industries, Inc.
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: EHC Industries, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Metals, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Metals, Inc. averages 3.3 TCR (100% of the Joists, fabricated bar, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Central Metals, Inc. TCR series: 2016=8.6 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=0 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Central Metals, Inc. falls in its industry

1,491 Joists, fabricated bar, manufa establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 20 Joists, fabricated bar, manufa employers in New Jersey.

Central Metals, Inc. (51 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Central Metals, Inc.
Central Metals, Inc. (51 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Central Metals, Inc. has fewer employees than the Joists, fabricated bar, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2023 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2022 3.8 3.8 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2019 1.7 0.0 1 0 0
2018 3.5 3.5 2 0 0
2017 6.8 6.8 4 0 0
2016 8.6 5.2 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · NJ · Camden

1,491 Joists, fabricated bar, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 93 employers in Camden, NJ · 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 EHC Industries, Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR FABco LLC Humble 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main Office 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR ReSteel Supply Co. Inc. West Virginia 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gold Medal Service East 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE RAdata, LLC. 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dennisville Fence 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Herr Foods - 069 Oakland NJ 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cooper University Hospital 10,223 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1 Cooper Plaza 6,439 FTE
CITY-NEAR Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center 2,283 FTE
CITY-NEAR Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Inc 1,906 FTE
NAT-TCR Scottsdale Farm 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Carthage Isd 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Allentown Location 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Transystems LLC - Paul Project 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Houston 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE M&M Steel Erection Inc 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reeves Piedmont Region Columbia 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Konell Construction & Demolition Corp 51 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.