Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · North Carolina

Division 5, LLC / DBA Structural Steel of Carolina / DBA Salem Steel

Winston-Salem, NC · ~66 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Division 5, LLC / DBA Structural Steel of Carolina / DBA Salem Steel runs at 178% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Division 5, LLC / DBA Structural Steel of Carolina / DBA Salem Steel: 5.9 TCR = 178% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Division 5, LLC / DBA Structural Steel of Carolina / DBA Salem Steel safety composite

Division 5, LLC / DBA Structural Steel of Carolina / DBA Salem Steel scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Division 5, LLC / DBA Structural Steel of Carolina / DBA Salem Steel: 6.2 → 8.8 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 8.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2023

Division 5, LLC / DBA Structural Steel of Carolina / DBA Salem Steel's TCR rose 2.6 from 6.2 in 2020 to 8.8 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Winston-Salem, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 178% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #31/41
  • PHOTO Waukegan Steel, LLC.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Waukegan Steel, LLC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Division 5, LLC / DBA Structural Steel of Carolina / DBA Salem Steel in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Division 5, LLC / DBA Structural Steel of Carolina / DBA Salem Steel averages 5.9 TCR (178% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Division 5, LLC / DBA Structural Steel of Carolina / DBA Salem Steel TCR series: 2020=6.2 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=8.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Division 5, LLC / DBA Structural Steel of Carolina / DBA Salem Steel falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 41 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in North Carolina.

Division 5, LLC / DBA Structural Steel of Carolina / DBA Salem Steel (66 employees, TCR 5.9) 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 Division 5, LLC / DBA Structural Steel of Carolina / DBA Salem Steel
Division 5, LLC / DBA Structural Steel of Carolina / DBA Salem Steel (66 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Division 5, LLC / DBA Structural Steel of Carolina / DBA Salem Steel has more employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin 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
2023 8.8 0.0 5 1 0
2022 2.7 0.0 2 0 0
2020 6.2 3.1 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · NC · Winston-Salem

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 234 employers in Winston-Salem, 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 Waukegan Steel, LLC. 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR San Bernardino Steel 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harbor Fab - Winnsboro 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fox Valley Metal Tech, Inc. 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Clinton Field Services 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Riverbend Steam Station 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Salisbury Operations Center 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE ASHEVILLE OPERATIONS 66 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center 4,906 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Budd Group Janitorial 4,414 FTE
CITY-NEAR Reynolds American Inc. Trade Marketing Services 2,061 FTE
CITY-NEAR Reynolds Marketing Services Company 1,600 FTE
NAT-TCR Flavorchem Corporation West 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Spring Mountain Vineyards 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Heartland Steel Products 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Modern Forge Texas, LLC 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE JBER 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE 118 - Panama City 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Unit #2946 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Unit #2865 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: 2023, 2022, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.