Mini-mills, steel · Tennessee

Gerdau, Jackson, TN. Mill

Name: Gerdau, Jackson, TN. Mill Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Jackson, TN · ~391 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Gerdau, Jackson, TN. Mill runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Mini-mills, steel workplace, earning a grade B.

Gerdau, Jackson, TN. Mill: 2.3 TCR = 70% of Mini-mills, steel BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gerdau, Jackson, TN. Mill safety composite

Gerdau, Jackson, TN. Mill scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.3

2019→2022

Gerdau, Jackson, TN. Mill injury rate improved

Gerdau, Jackson, TN. Mill's TCR fell 1.3 from 3.0 in 2019 to 1.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.0 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=2.0 · 2022=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331110 · Jackson, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 70% of ind

DART 0.9 DART
RANK #5/12
PHOTO AMG Vanadium
BOOK 4y book
INJ 37 inj
SIZE ~391 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AMG Vanadium (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.3
AMG Vanadium

2.3
Summit Steel,

2.3
MISSOURI EQUIP

2.3
Eramet

2.3

What this shows Gerdau, Jackson, TN. Mill averages 2.3 TCR (70% of the Mini-mills, steel BLS benchmark).

Gerdau, Jackson, TN. Mill TCR series: 2019=3 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=2 · 2022=1.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Gerdau, Jackson, TN. Mill falls in its industry

416 Mini-mills, steel establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 12 Mini-mills, steel employers in Tennessee.

Gerdau, Jackson, TN. Mill (391 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Gerdau, Jackson, TN. Mill has more employees than the Mini-mills, steel median and a lower 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
2022	1.7	0.9	8	0
2021	2.0	1.6	9	0
2020	2.5	2.3	9	1
2019	3.0	2.0	11	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331110 · TN · Jackson

416 Mini-mills, steel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 233 employers in Jackson, TN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	AMG Vanadium	CAMBRIDGE, OH	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Summit Steel, Inc.	NEW CASTLE, DE	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MISSOURI EQUIPMENT COMPANY	ST. LOUIS, MO	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Eramet	MARIETTA, OH	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	4223	MARYVILLE	391 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Metropolitan Nashville Airport Auhtority	NASHVILLE	391 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Airxcel Inc.	DAYTON	392 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bell Helicopter Piney Flats	PINEY FLATS	392 FTE
CITY-NEAR	JACKSON MADISON COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL	Jackson	4,844 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Jackson Manufacturing Facility - KNA	Jackson	1,210 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Delta Faucet Company of Tennessee	Jackson	1,125 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Delta Jackson	Jackson	1,046 FTE
NAT-TCR	Solar Turbines Incorporated DWLA Office	Irvine, CA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	266 - Laurel	Laurel, MD	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	1192 - Ellisville	Ellisville, MO	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	1371 - Napa	Napa, CA	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Porterville Cook Plant	Porterville, CA	391 FTE
NAT-SIZE	KPost Roofing and Waterproofing	Dallas, TX	391 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lockheed Martin Corporation Baltimore Campus (1002)	Baltimore, MD	391 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pinemont	Houston, TX	391 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.