Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Ohio

Flex-Strut, Inc.

Warren, OH · ~91 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Flex-Strut, Inc. runs at 252% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Flex-Strut, Inc.: 8.3 TCR = 252% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Flex-Strut, Inc. safety composite

Flex-Strut, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

−1.3

2016→2024

Flex-Strut, Inc. injury rate improved

Flex-Strut, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.3 from 3.5 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 22.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.5 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=10.8 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=22.1 · 2023=8.0 · 2024=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Warren, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.3 · 252% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #64/81
  • PHOTO Irwin Steel LLC
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 42 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Irwin Steel LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Flex-Strut, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Flex-Strut, Inc. averages 8.3 TCR (252% 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

Flex-Strut, Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=10.8 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=22.1 · 2023=8 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Flex-Strut, Inc. falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #64 safest of 81 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Ohio.

Flex-Strut, Inc. (91 employees, TCR 8.3) 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 Flex-Strut, Inc.
Flex-Strut, Inc. (91 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Flex-Strut, Inc. 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
2024 2.2 0.0 2 0 0
2023 8.0 3.4 5 2 0
2022 22.1 1.8 11 1 0
2021 7.3 1.2 6 0 0
2020 5.3 0.0 3 2 0
2019 10.8 3.2 6 4 0
2018 7.5 6.3 6 0 0
2016 3.5 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · OH · Warren

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 142 employers in Warren, OH · 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 Irwin Steel LLC 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR NU 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Summertown Metals LLC 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metal Solutions 8.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gahanna 825 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gilbane Building Company Columbus 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE R.E. Middleton Construction Main office 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Enterprise Roofing & Sheet Metal Company 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lordstown Complex 2,768 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ultium Cells, Lordstown 2,000 FTE
CITY-NEAR Homegoods Ohio Merchants LLC 1,282 FTE
CITY-NEAR Warren Hospital 953 FTE
NAT-TCR CIT Trucks - Morton 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Legacy Steel 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Mitchell-Hollingsworth Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (Dietary) 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Duke University Hospital 8.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wildish Construction Co. 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Denver, CO 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Geneva Construction 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Friar Tux service center 91 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, 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.