Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Montana

Firstharvest, Inc. DBA Montana Steel Industries

Belgrade, MT · ~30 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
17.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Firstharvest, Inc. DBA Montana Steel Industries runs at 535% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Firstharvest, Inc. DBA Montana Steel Industries: 17.6 TCR = 535% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Firstharvest, Inc. DBA Montana Steel Industries safety composite

Firstharvest, Inc. DBA Montana Steel Industries scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 17.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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%).

TCR Δ

−23.9

2016→2024

Firstharvest, Inc. DBA Montana Steel Industries injury rate improved

Firstharvest, Inc. DBA Montana Steel Industries's TCR fell 23.9 from 31.9 in 2016 to 8.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 31.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=31.9 · 2020=19.3 · 2022=8.6 · 2023=20.4 · 2024=8.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Belgrade, MT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 17.6 · 535% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/9
  • PHOTO Skyline Steel, Inc.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Skyline Steel, Inc. (0.2 TCR gap)

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Firstharvest, Inc. DBA Montana Steel Industries in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Firstharvest, Inc. DBA Montana Steel Industries averages 17.6 TCR (535% 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

Firstharvest, Inc. DBA Montana Steel Industries TCR series: 2016=31.9 · 2020=19.3 · 2022=8.6 · 2023=20.4 · 2024=8 · BLS 3.3

Where Firstharvest, Inc. DBA Montana Steel Industries falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Montana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 9 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Montana.

Firstharvest, Inc. DBA Montana Steel Industries (30 employees, TCR 17.6) 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 Firstharvest, Inc. DBA Montana Steel Industries
Firstharvest, Inc. DBA Montana Steel Industries (30 employees, TCR 17.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Firstharvest, Inc. DBA Montana Steel Industries has fewer 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
2024 8.0 0.0 2 0 0
2023 20.4 6.8 6 0 0
2022 8.6 5.7 3 0 0
2020 19.3 9.7 8 0 0
2016 31.9 4.6 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · MT · Belgrade

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,536 rated employers in Montana with headcount on file · 50 employers in Belgrade, MT · 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 Skyline Steel, Inc. 17.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midwest Steel Works 17.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harmony Metal Fabrication, Inc. 17.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vestal Steel Specialties, Inc. 17.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Avista Noxon 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heorot Power Management - Hardin 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hammerquist Casalegno LLC 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Heating Cooling Plumbing and Electrical 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR ABS-0030-0030-00009 FAC-00009-BELGRADE-MT 157 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4054-ABS-0030-0030-00009 132 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4054-ABS 0030 0009 124 FTE
CITY-NEAR Xtant Medical 122 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Horn Masonry office 17.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Traylor Health and Rehab 17.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0113 Santa Ana 17.6 TCR
NAT-TCR MediLodge of Ludington 17.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE CGH Locust St. Center 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE PCS Phosphate Company Inc. 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE New England Lead Burning Company, Inc. - Houston 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wey Valve, Inc 30 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, 2020, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.