Hot forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished · South Carolina
Gerdau Lancaster Rail Products
Lancaster, SC · ~44 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Gerdau Lancaster Rail Products runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hot forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished workplace, earning a grade D.
Gerdau Lancaster Rail Products: 5.1 TCR = 153% of Hot forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Gerdau Lancaster Rail Products safety composite
Gerdau Lancaster Rail Products scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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).
37/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.06 per 100 workers
Safer than 49% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.83 per 100 workers
Safer than 12% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Gerdau Lancaster Rail Products: 5.6 → 11.7 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 11.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.55× in 2024
Gerdau Lancaster Rail Products's TCR rose 6.2 from 5.6 in 2018 to 11.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332111 · Lancaster, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 153% of ind
- DART 7.8 DART
- RANK #4/4
- PHOTO Pearce Foundry
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~44 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Pearce Foundry (0.0 TCR gap)
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Gerdau Lancaster Rail Products in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Gerdau Lancaster Rail Products
5.1 TCR
- Pearce Foundry
Pearce Foundry
5.1 TCR
- Gauthier Indus
Gauthier Industries Inc
5.1 TCR
- Lodge Manufact
Lodge Manufacturing
5 TCR
- Marshalltown -
Marshalltown - Arkansas Facilities
5 TCR
What this shows Gerdau Lancaster Rail Products averages 5.1 TCR (153% of the Hot forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS benchmark).
Gerdau Lancaster Rail Products TCR series: 2018=5.6 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=0 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=11.4 · 2024=11.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Gerdau Lancaster Rail Products falls in its industry
241 Hot forgings made from purchas establishmentsSafer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Hot forgings made from purchas employers in South Carolina.
Gerdau Lancaster Rail Products has fewer employees than the Hot forgings made from purchased iron or median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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 | 11.7 | 7.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11.4 | 4.6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332111 · SC · Lancaster
241 Hot forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 51 employers in Lancaster, SC · 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 | Pearce Foundry | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lodge Manufacturing | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Marshalltown - Arkansas Facilities | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gauthier Industries Inc | 5.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 6728-00030023-26 | 44 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lee Steam Station | 44 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lake Marion Maintenance | 44 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | METRO COLUMBIA CREW QUARTERS | 44 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Morningside of Lancaster | 1,568 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lancaster County Government | 1,009 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Nutramax Laboratories Inc. | 592 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Nutramax SC1 | 375 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Portage 10187 | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hillsboro 10126 | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Panst - New Stanton | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ctdan - Danbury | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Brookdale East Wichita | 44 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Industrial Plating, Inc | 44 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Stock Yards St. Louis | 44 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Stock Yards Phoenix | 44 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.