Metal wood bridges manufacturer · Alabama

Contech GADST

Fort Payne, AL · ~52 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Contech GADST runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Metal wood bridges manufacturer workplace, earning a grade B.

Contech GADST: 2.5 TCR = 76% of Metal wood bridges manufacturer BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Contech GADST safety composite

Contech GADST scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% 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).

C

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.5

2016→2018

Contech GADST injury rate improved

Contech GADST's TCR fell 0.5 from 2.1 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.8 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.1 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Fort Payne, AL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 76% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #16/61
  • PHOTO Steele Solutions Inc…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Steele Solutions Inc - Franklin (0.0 TCR gap)

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Contech GADST in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Contech GADST averages 2.5 TCR (76% of the Metal wood bridges manufacturer BLS benchmark).

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

Contech GADST TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Contech GADST falls in its industry

1,491 Metal wood bridges manufacture establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 61 Metal wood bridges manufacture employers in Alabama.

Contech GADST (52 employees, TCR 2.5) 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 Contech GADST
Contech GADST (52 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Contech GADST has fewer employees than the Metal wood bridges manufacturer 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
2018 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2017 3.8 3.8 2 0 0
2016 2.1 2.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · AL · Fort Payne

1,491 Metal wood bridges manufacturer employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 39 employers in Fort Payne, AL · 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 Steele Solutions Inc - Franklin 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mid South Fabrication & Coating 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR C&F Steel Company 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CMC Rebar Ft Myers 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mobile Division Hillcrest 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Birmingham Division Trussville Crew Headquarters 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jasper Complex 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Patton Chapel Crew Headquarters - APC 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Heil Environmental 869 FTE
CITY-NEAR PlayCore Wisconsin, Inc., dba GameTime 446 FTE
CITY-NEAR PlayCore 386 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 691 383 FTE
NAT-TCR Central Supply - Lorentz Location 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Outerloop Building 5 (Kylse) 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR CVG Cincinnati /NO KY Airport (LGSTX) 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Bombardier Transportation - Newark - EWR 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 6400-Swy 0020 2588 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chehalis (Wache) 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kane (Pakan) 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elko Center (Nvelk) 52 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, 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.