Bars, steel, made in iron and steel mills · Georgia
Gerdau Cartersville Mill
Cartersville, GA · ~349 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Gerdau Cartersville Mill runs at 134% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bars, steel, made in iron and steel mills workplace, earning a grade D.
Gerdau Cartersville Mill: 4.4 TCR = 134% of Bars, steel, made in iron and steel mills BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Gerdau Cartersville Mill safety composite
Gerdau Cartersville Mill scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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).
41/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.41 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.24 per 100 workers
Safer than 44% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
Gerdau Cartersville Mill: 1.1 → 4.5 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 6.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.28× in 2021
Gerdau Cartersville Mill's TCR rose 3.4 from 1.1 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331110 · Cartersville, GA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 134% of ind
- DART 1.2 DART
- RANK #4/6
- PHOTO Patriot Trinity
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 58 inj
- SIZE ~349 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Patriot Trinity (0.0 TCR gap)
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Gerdau Cartersville Mill in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Gerdau Cartersville Mill
4.4 TCR
- Patriot Trinit
Patriot Trinity
4.4 TCR
- DuBose Strappi
DuBose Strapping Inc
4.4 TCR
- AMICO - Birmin
AMICO - Birmingham
4.4 TCR
- Fine Line Meta
Fine Line Metal Fabricators Inc
4.4 TCR
What this shows Gerdau Cartersville Mill averages 4.4 TCR (134% of the Bars, steel, made in iron and steel mills BLS benchmark).
Gerdau Cartersville Mill TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=4.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Gerdau Cartersville Mill falls in its industry
416 Bars, steel, made in iron and establishmentsSafer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.
Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Bars, steel, made in iron and employers in Georgia.
Gerdau Cartersville Mill has more employees than the Bars, steel, made in iron and steel mill median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4.5 | 1.2 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.9 | 1.1 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.7 | 1.5 | 6 | 20 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.9 | 2.6 | 13 | 10 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331110 · GA · Cartersville
416 Bars, steel, made in iron and steel mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 145 employers in Cartersville, GA · 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 | Patriot Trinity | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DuBose Strapping Inc | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | AMICO - Birmingham | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fine Line Metal Fabricators Inc | 4.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Mission Foods - Jefferson | 349 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Atlanta Sales & Branch Support | 349 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 1072 | 349 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1227 | 349 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Plant 15/1G | 1,365 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Plant 15 | 1,294 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center | 643 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cartersville Brewery | 527 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Obrien Sixty dba Holiday Inn Express & Suites | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Concrete Works of Colorado, Inc. | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Google Portal | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | buybuy Baby Columbus Easton | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 511 Theo Fremd | 349 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kent Power | 349 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Riverbanks Zoo & Garden | 349 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Precision Machining Center | 349 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.