Steel merchant wholesalers · Ohio

Frederick Steel Co

Cincinatti, OH · ~45 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Frederick Steel Co runs at 313% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Steel merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Frederick Steel Co: 6.9 TCR = 313% of Steel merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Frederick Steel Co safety composite

Frederick Steel Co scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

−15.1

2016→2023

Frederick Steel Co injury rate improved

Frederick Steel Co's TCR fell 15.1 from 17.2 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 17.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=17.2 · 2018=4.1 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=7.4 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=12.6 · 2023=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Cincinatti, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 313% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #107/130
  • PHOTO Feroleto Steel Compa…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Feroleto Steel Company Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Frederick Steel Co in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Frederick Steel Co averages 6.9 TCR (313% of the Steel merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Frederick Steel Co TCR series: 2016=17.2 · 2018=4.1 · 2019=0 · 2020=7.4 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=12.6 · 2023=2.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Frederick Steel Co falls in its industry

1,299 Steel merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #107 safest of 130 Steel merchant wholesalers employers in Ohio.

Frederick Steel Co (45 employees, TCR 6.9) 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 Frederick Steel Co
Frederick Steel Co (45 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Frederick Steel Co has more employees than the Steel merchant wholesalers 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2023 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2022 12.6 9.5 4 0 0
2021 4.7 4.7 2 0 0
2020 7.4 7.4 3 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.1 2.0 2 0 0
2016 17.2 15.1 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · OH · Cincinatti

1,299 Steel merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 9 employers in Cincinatti, 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 Feroleto Steel Company Inc. 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Chapin & Bangs Co., Inc. 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR DFW Steel 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR vanex tube corporation 6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Nationwide Energy Partners, LLC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE GSO OFFICE - NORTH CANTON 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE 283-NiSource-Wintersville OH-Ohio Valley Op 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Office 82 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Diveriscare of St Theresa 159 FTE
CITY-NEAR Clovernook Healthcare LLC 155 FTE
CITY-NEAR Scarlet Oaks Nursing and Rehabiltation 125 FTE
CITY-NEAR New Scottland Healthcare 111 FTE
NAT-TCR Groennfell Meadery 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Main Office - 01 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Queen City Roofing & Contracting Co. 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Radtke Contractors Inc 6.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pacifico Berry Farms 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Industrial Steel & Machinery, Inc 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE 7-SIGMA Incorporated 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE PCC Structurals - SSB1 45 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: 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.