Erecting structural steel · Colorado

Derr and Gruenewald Construction

Brighton, CO · ~185 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Derr and Gruenewald Construction runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Erecting structural steel workplace, earning a grade C.

Derr and Gruenewald Construction: 2.9 TCR = 104% of Erecting structural steel BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Derr and Gruenewald Construction safety composite

Derr and Gruenewald Construction scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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%).

Derr and Gruenewald Construction held a steady TCR band

Derr and Gruenewald Construction's TCR held near 0.2 from 3.0 in 2017 to 2.8 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.0 · 2019=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · Brighton, CO ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 104% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #6/27
  • PHOTO Griffith Steel Erect…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~185 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Griffith Steel Erection, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Derr and Gruenewald Construction in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Derr and Gruenewald Construction averages 2.9 TCR (104% of the Erecting structural steel BLS benchmark).

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

Derr and Gruenewald Construction TCR series: 2017=3 · 2019=2.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Derr and Gruenewald Construction falls in its industry

705 Erecting structural steel establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 27 Erecting structural steel employers in Colorado.

Derr and Gruenewald Construction (185 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Derr and Gruenewald Construction
Derr and Gruenewald Construction (185 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Derr and Gruenewald Construction has more employees than the Erecting structural steel median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2019 2.8 1.9 6 0 0
2017 3.0 2.0 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · CO · Brighton

705 Erecting structural steel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 91 employers in Brighton, CO · 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 Griffith Steel Erection, Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carey's Construction Company, Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Choice Construction Companies, Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR MSD Building Corp. 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE CD Specialty Contractors 185 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prime Window Systems 185 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMP Robotics - Colorado Headquarters/P1 185 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mikron Denver 185 FTE
CITY-NEAR Platte Valley Medical Center 730 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4567 382 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4567 379 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vestas Nacelles 355 FTE
NAT-TCR BCS Concrete Structures LLC 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Century Health and Rehabilitation Center 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Hyatt Place Grand Rapids 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR New Philadelphia Service Building 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 04-PET 185 FTE
NAT-SIZE Time Release Sciences Inc. 185 FTE
NAT-SIZE Molten North America Corp 185 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wheeling-Nisshin 185 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: 2019, 2017. 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.