Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Colorado

Drake-Williams Steel (MSD)

Aurora, CO · ~66 workers · 3 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

Drake-Williams Steel (MSD) runs at 195% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Drake-Williams Steel (MSD): 6.5 TCR = 195% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Drake-Williams Steel (MSD) safety composite

Drake-Williams Steel (MSD) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−4.6

2016→2018

Drake-Williams Steel (MSD) injury rate improved

Drake-Williams Steel (MSD)'s TCR fell 4.6 from 9.7 in 2016 to 5.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.7 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.7 · 2017=4.6 · 2018=5.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Aurora, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 195% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #21/37
  • PHOTO Advanced Welding and…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Advanced Welding and Steel (0.0 TCR gap)

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Drake-Williams Steel (MSD) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Drake-Williams Steel (MSD) averages 6.5 TCR (195% 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

Drake-Williams Steel (MSD) TCR series: 2016=9.7 · 2017=4.6 · 2018=5 · BLS 3.3

Where Drake-Williams Steel (MSD) falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 37 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Colorado.

Drake-Williams Steel (MSD) (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 Drake-Williams Steel (MSD)
Drake-Williams Steel (MSD) (66 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Drake-Williams Steel (MSD) 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
2018 5.0 3.8 4 0 0
2017 4.6 4.6 3 0 0
2016 9.7 9.7 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · CO · Aurora

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 497 employers in Aurora, 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 Advanced Welding and Steel 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lamar 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Premier Fabrication 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Martha's Materials Inc. 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Velocity Constructors Inc 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE CFC 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4112 Kodiak Court Fredrick, CO 80504 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sterling 66 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's Hospital Colorado 6,663 FTE
CITY-NEAR Raytheon_Aurora_CO 2,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR Primoris Renewable Energy 1,695 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - DEN5 1,601 FTE
NAT-TCR Mercy Medical Center East Campus 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR The Logistics Company - Fort Lee 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR S09363 - Deffenbaugh KC MRF 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Caring Hands Inc 6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Maple Winds Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dakkota Louisville Westport 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Tenet Doctors White Rock Evs 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of St Clair Shores City Hall 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: 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.