Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing · North Carolina
Concept Steel Inc.
Gastonia, NC · ~20 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Concept Steel Inc. runs at 35% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Concept Steel Inc.: 1.1 TCR = 35% of Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Concept Steel Inc. safety composite
Concept Steel Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
77/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 1.14 per 100 workers
Safer than 90% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 82% 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%).
Concept Steel Inc. held a steady TCR band
Concept Steel Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=0.0 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332312 · Gastonia, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 35% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #5/41
- PHOTO CMC Rebar Waxahachie
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 2 inj
- SIZE ~20 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: CMC Rebar Waxahachie (0.0 TCR gap)
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Concept Steel Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Concept Steel Inc.
1.1 TCR
- CMC Rebar Waxa
CMC Rebar Waxahachie
1.1 TCR
- Harris Rebar N
Harris Rebar Nufab - Houston Texas
1.1 TCR
- SME Steel Fabr
SME Steel Fabrication Shop Idaho
1.1 TCR
- Harris Rebar S
Harris Rebar South Pacific Inc. - Hawaii
1.1 TCR
What this shows Concept Steel Inc. averages 1.1 TCR (35% of the Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Concept Steel Inc. TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3
Where Concept Steel Inc. falls in its industry
1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, establishmentsSafer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 41 Structural steel, fabricated, employers in North Carolina.
Concept Steel Inc. has fewer employees than the Structural steel, fabricated, manufactur 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 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 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332312 · NC · Gastonia
1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 182 employers in Gastonia, NC · 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 | CMC Rebar Waxahachie | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Harris Rebar Nufab - Houston Texas | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SME Steel Fabrication Shop Idaho | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Harris Rebar South Pacific Inc. - Hawaii | 1.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Steve Thomas Farms | 20 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kent Smith Farms | 20 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ron Richmond | 20 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Thomas Family Farms, Inc. | 20 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Gaston Memorial Hospital, Incorporated d/b/a CaroMont Regional Medical Center | 3,156 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Gaston County Government | 1,711 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wix Allen Plant | 931 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Gastonia Components and Logistics - Tulip | 912 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Nybro - Brooklawn General Offices | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kiln Technology, Inc. | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Regional Care Inc | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Webster 10548 | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Sands Plumbing, Inc. | 20 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | A. N. Lynch Co., Inc. | 20 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Westside Hulling Association | 20 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Andy Johnson & Co Inc | 20 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.