Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing · North Carolina

Dave Steel Co Inc - Chesnee

Name: Dave Steel Co Inc - Chesnee Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Asheville, NC · ~59 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 8.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Dave Steel Co Inc - Chesnee runs at 248% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Dave Steel Co Inc - Chesnee: 8.2 TCR = 248% of Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dave Steel Co Inc - Chesnee safety composite

Dave Steel Co Inc - Chesnee scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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).

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 8.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers
DART rate: F 10.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Dave Steel Co Inc - Chesnee: 6.1 → 10.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 10.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.26× in 2024

Dave Steel Co Inc - Chesnee's TCR rose 4.2 from 6.1 in 2023 to 10.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Asheville, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 248% of ind

DART 10.3 DART
RANK #36/41
PHOTO Kard Welding, Inc.
BOOK 2y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kard Welding, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Dave Steel Co Inc - Chesnee averages 8.2 TCR (248% of the Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Dave Steel Co Inc - Chesnee TCR series: 2023=6.1 · 2024=10.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Dave Steel Co Inc - Chesnee falls in its industry

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #36 safest of 41 Structural steel, fabricated, employers in North Carolina.

Dave Steel Co Inc - Chesnee (59 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Dave Steel Co Inc - Chesnee has more employees than the Structural steel, fabricated, manufactur 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	10.3	10.3	7	0	0
2023	6.1	4.6	3	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · NC · Asheville

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 290 employers in Asheville, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Kard Welding, Inc.	MINSTER, OH	8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Yajima USA, Ltd	RENO, NV	8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Highview Custom Fabricating	ONEIDA, WI	8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ennis Steel Industries, Inc. - Ennis Plant	ENNIS, TX	8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	The Christman Company - NC	GREENSBORO	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pike Mississippi Statewide Operations	MOUNT AIRY	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rifenburg North Carolina, LLC	ZEBULAN	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	North Carolina - 03	CHARLOTTE	59 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mission Hospital; MH Hospital Manager, LLC	Asheville	8,097 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Biltmore Workforce Management	Asheville	1,894 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mission Medical Associates	Asheville	1,336 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Community Care Partners	Asheville	1,018 FTE
NAT-TCR	Dewayne's Quality Metal Coatings	Lexington, TN	8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Chefs' Warehouse Mid-Atlantic, LLC-Hanover, MD	Hanover, MD	8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Elkhart General Hospital	Elkhart, IN	8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Gafpa - Forest Park	Forest Park, GA	8.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	RRSC Boston North	Marlborough, MA	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	South Orange County Wastewater Authority	Dana Point, CA	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Northeast Contractors, Inc.	Ludlow, MA	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Indiana Wheel Company, LLC	Plymouth, IN	59 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.