Metals service centers · Ohio

Earle M. Jorgensen Company Cleveland Plate Center

Name: Earle M. Jorgensen Company Cleveland Plate Center Workplace Safety Data
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Bedford Heights, OH · ~29 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.3
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Earle M. Jorgensen Company Cleveland Plate Center runs at 421% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade F.

Earle M. Jorgensen Company Cleveland Plate Center: 9.3 TCR = 421% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Earle M. Jorgensen Company Cleveland Plate Center safety composite

Earle M. Jorgensen Company Cleveland Plate Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

Earle M. Jorgensen Company Cleveland Plate Center: 0.0 → 3.7 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 24.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2019

Earle M. Jorgensen Company Cleveland Plate Center's TCR rose 3.7 from 0.0 in 2017 to 3.7 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 24.1 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Bedford Heights, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.3 · 421% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #118/130
PHOTO Austin AUS
BOOK 3y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Austin AUS (0.0 TCR gap)

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9.3
Austin AUS

9.3
West Central S

9.3
MN Coil

9.3
Liberty Steel

9.3

What this shows Earle M. Jorgensen Company Cleveland Plate Center averages 9.3 TCR (421% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

Earle M. Jorgensen Company Cleveland Plate Center TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=24.1 · 2019=3.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Earle M. Jorgensen Company Cleveland Plate Center falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #118 safest of 130 Metals service centers employers in Ohio.

Earle M. Jorgensen Company Cleveland Plate Center (29 employees, TCR 9.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Earle M. Jorgensen Company Cleveland Plate Center has fewer employees than the Metals service centers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2019	3.7	0.0	1
2018	24.1	24.1	2
2017	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · OH · Bedford Heights

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 39 employers in Bedford Heights, OH · 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	Austin AUS	BUDA, TX	9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	West Central Steel, Inc.	WILLMAR, MN	9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MN Coil	PLYMOUTH, MN	9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Liberty Steel Industries of Warren	WARREN, OH	9.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Union City Facility	UNION CITY	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Breeder Division Field Office	OAKWOOD	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Plibrico Refractories LLC - Oak Hill	OAK HILL	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hanging Rock Energy Facility	IRONTOWN	29 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Great Day Improvements	Bedford Heights	325 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - DCL4	Bedford Heights	269 FTE
CITY-NEAR	New York Frozen Foods	Bedford Heights	237 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cleveland Distribution Center	Bedford Heights	231 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ach Lakeside Hospital	Omaha, NE	9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Rides Mass Transit District	Harrisburg, IL	9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Book Fairs - Danbury	Danbury, CT	9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	WA - 21024 24th	Seatac, WA	9.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Wendy's Store #79	Princeton, IN	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Wendy's Store #101	Brazil, IN	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Wendy's Store #360	Mitchell, IN	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	IL - Johnson Controls	Aurora, IL	29 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, 2018, 2017. 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.