Transmission tower sections, fabricated structural metal, manufacturing · Virginia

Cooper Steel of Virginia, LLC

Monroe, VA · ~66 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cooper Steel of Virginia, LLC runs at 198% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Transmission tower sections, fabricated structural metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Cooper Steel of Virginia, LLC: 6.5 TCR = 198% of Transmission tower sections, fabricated structural metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cooper Steel of Virginia, LLC safety composite

Cooper Steel of Virginia, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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

−9.4

2021→2024

Cooper Steel of Virginia, LLC injury rate improved

Cooper Steel of Virginia, LLC's TCR fell 9.4 from 10.7 in 2021 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=10.7 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=9.6 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Monroe, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 198% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #34/41
  • PHOTO Steel Plate (Akron)
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Steel Plate (Akron) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cooper Steel of Virginia, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cooper Steel of Virginia, LLC averages 6.5 TCR (198% of the Transmission tower sections, fabricated structural metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Cooper Steel of Virginia, LLC TCR series: 2021=10.7 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=9.6 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Cooper Steel of Virginia, LLC falls in its industry

1,491 Transmission tower sections, f establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 41 Transmission tower sections, f employers in Virginia.

Cooper Steel of Virginia, LLC (66 employees, TCR 6.5) 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 Cooper Steel of Virginia, LLC
Cooper Steel of Virginia, LLC (66 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Cooper Steel of Virginia, LLC has more employees than the Transmission tower sections, fabricated median and a higher 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 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2023 9.6 6.9 7 0 0
2022 4.6 3.1 3 0 0
2021 10.7 7.1 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · VA · Monroe

1,491 Transmission tower sections, fabricated structural metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 3 employers in Monroe, VA · 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 Steel Plate (Akron) 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oelwein Facility 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR RBS Manufacturing 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fab Steel - Flannery 6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Blue Ridge 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Construction 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE D&D Mechanical, Inc. 66 FTE
CITY-NEAR OLD DOMINION JCC BRIDGE 16-17 127 FTE
CITY-NEAR Englands Stove Works Inc NP 43 FTE
NAT-TCR Cera-Met 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Greensboro- Finance 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Lakeside Industries - Vancouver 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Sanders 6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 21c Museum Hotel 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Accurate Insulation Grand Junction 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Triad Location 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE 443014-Newfane | NY | SNY-602 66 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. 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.