Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing · Indiana
Cives Steel Company Mid-West Division
Wolcott, IN · ~122 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Cives Steel Company Mid-West Division runs at 174% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.7
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 13
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Cives Steel Company Mid-West Division's OSHA Total Case Rate of 5.7 to the Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS benchmark of 3.3 (174% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Cives Steel Company Mid-West Division's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Cives Steel Company Mid-West Division falls in its industry
1,600 Structural steel, fabricated, establishmentsSafer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 63 Structural steel, fabricated, employers in Indiana.
Trend analysis for Cives Steel Company Mid-West Division
Between 2016 and 2017, Cives Steel Company Mid-West Division's Total Case Rate worsened from 5.2 to 6.3 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 20% increase across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2016, at a TCR of 5.2, while 2017 saw the highest rate, at 6.3, a spread of 1.0 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Cives Steel Company Mid-West Division recorded 13 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 13 injuries, 3 illnesses shown on this page for Cives Steel Company Mid-West Division are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 332312 - Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2017)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
4 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 256,043 hours worked = 3.12 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Cives Steel Company Mid-West Division (this establishment) | 5.73 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 332312 |
| Indiana state avg (all industries) | 4.53 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Cives Steel Company Mid-West Division to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2017: 8 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 3 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 8 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6.3 | 3.1 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Cives Steel Company Mid-West Division's reported OSHA injury record versus its Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 174% of the Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing benchmark, Cives Steel Company Mid-West Division reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
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Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.