Metals service centers · New Jersey

East Coast Steel Inc.

Sewell, NJ · ~41 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

East Coast Steel Inc. runs at 120% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade C.

East Coast Steel Inc.: 2.6 TCR = 120% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

East Coast Steel Inc. safety composite

East Coast Steel Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

−2.1

2017→2024

East Coast Steel Inc. injury rate improved

East Coast Steel Inc.'s TCR fell 2.1 from 4.7 in 2017 to 2.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.7 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=6.5 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Sewell, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.6 · 120% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #8/22
  • PHOTO Plateplus Granite City
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Plateplus Granite City (0.0 TCR gap)

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East Coast Steel Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows East Coast Steel Inc. averages 2.6 TCR (120% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

East Coast Steel Inc. TCR series: 2017=4.7 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=6.5 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 2.2

Where East Coast Steel Inc. falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 22 Metals service centers employers in New Jersey.

East Coast Steel Inc. (41 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate East Coast Steel Inc.
East Coast Steel Inc. (41 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

East Coast Steel Inc. has fewer employees than the Metals service centers median and a lower 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2023 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2022 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 6.5 4.3 3 0 0
2018 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2017 4.7 2.4 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · NJ · Sewell

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 47 employers in Sewell, NJ · 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 Plateplus Granite City 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Birmingham DC 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Olympic Steel Gary 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ryerson - RMP Hickman 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Swimming River Treatment Plant 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Office 60 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE RC Andersen LLC 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mcr office 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR Center Square LLC 361 FTE
CITY-NEAR Center Square Supermarket LLC 317 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ray Angelini Inc. 247 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jefferson Health Care Center - Formerly Kennedy Health Care Center 243 FTE
NAT-TCR Evergreen Turf Office 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Engineered Floors - BM Facility 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Lu Mar Industrial Metals Co., Ltd. 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sioux City Fabrication Plant 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Great Lakes Growers LLC 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2676 S. 26th St 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Usibelli Vineyards, Inc. 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Meeker Cooperative Light & Power Association 41 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.