Iron forgings made from purchased iron, unfinished · South Carolina

Gerdau - Lancaster RP

Name: Gerdau - Lancaster RP Workplace Safety Data
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Lancaster, SC · ~49 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Gerdau - Lancaster RP runs at 126% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Iron forgings made from purchased iron, unfinished workplace, earning a grade D.

Gerdau - Lancaster RP: 4.2 TCR = 126% of Iron forgings made from purchased iron, unfinished BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gerdau - Lancaster RP safety composite

Gerdau - Lancaster RP scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 4.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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

−4.6

2016→2017

Gerdau - Lancaster RP injury rate improved

Gerdau - Lancaster RP's TCR fell 4.6 from 6.5 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.5 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.5 · 2017=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332111 · Lancaster, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 126% of ind

DART 1.8 DART
RANK #3/4
PHOTO Precision Machine, I…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Precision Machine, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.2
Precision Mach

4.2
Modern Forge I

4.2
Lincoln Park D

4.1
Corry Forge Co

4.1

What this shows Gerdau - Lancaster RP averages 4.2 TCR (126% of the Iron forgings made from purchased iron, unfinished BLS benchmark).

Gerdau - Lancaster RP TCR series: 2016=6.5 · 2017=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Gerdau - Lancaster RP falls in its industry

241 Iron forgings made from purcha establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Iron forgings made from purcha employers in South Carolina.

Gerdau - Lancaster RP (49 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.0

Gerdau - Lancaster RP has fewer employees than the Iron forgings made from purchased iron, median and a lower 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
2017	1.8	1.8	1	0	0
2016	6.5	4.3	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332111 · SC · Lancaster

241 Iron forgings made from purchased iron, 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Precision Machine, Inc.	CINCINNATI, OH	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lincoln Park Die & Tool, Co.	BROWNSTOWN, MI	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Corry Forge Company	CORRY, PA	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Modern Forge Indiana	MERRILLVILLE, IN	4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Amick Farms, LLC SC Hatchery	MONETTA	49 FTE
STATE-SIZE	LANGLEY ELECTRIC OPERATIONS	WARRENVILLE	49 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Broad River Electric Cooperative	GAFFNEY	49 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Samet Corporation - Charleston SC	N CHARLESTON	49 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Morningside of Lancaster	Lancaster	1,568 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lancaster County Government	Lancaster	1,009 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nutramax Laboratories Inc.	Lancaster	592 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nutramax SC1	Lancaster	375 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ross store 1799	Woodbridge, VA	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Avante at Roanoke	Roanoke, VA	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tullahoma (Tntul)	Tullahoma, TN	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Santa Fe Center (Nmsfe)	Santa Fe, NM	4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	AAA Worldwide Transportation	Clinton, NJ	49 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Village of Elk Rapids	Elk Rapids, MI	49 FTE
NAT-SIZE	AKA Tree Removal	Buford, GA	49 FTE
NAT-SIZE	N and R of Mansfield LLC	Mansfield, MO	49 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: 2017, 2016. 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.