Bars, concrete reinforcing, manufacturing · Kentucky

Gerdau - Louisville RS

Name: Gerdau - Louisville RS Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Louisville, KY · ~33 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Gerdau - Louisville RS runs at 141% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bars, concrete reinforcing, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Gerdau - Louisville RS: 4.7 TCR = 141% of Bars, concrete reinforcing, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gerdau - Louisville RS safety composite

Gerdau - Louisville RS scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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): D 4.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

−1.0

2016→2017

Gerdau - Louisville RS injury rate improved

Gerdau - Louisville RS's TCR fell 1.0 from 5.1 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.1 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.1 · 2017=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Louisville, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 141% of ind

DART 4.2 DART
RANK #9/21
PHOTO Lawrenceburg Stampin…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lawrenceburg Stamping - AOC Metal Works (0.0 TCR gap)

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SWF Industrial

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Poseidon Barge

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What this shows Gerdau - Louisville RS averages 4.7 TCR (141% of the Bars, concrete reinforcing, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Gerdau - Louisville RS TCR series: 2016=5.1 · 2017=4.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Gerdau - Louisville RS falls in its industry

1,491 Bars, concrete reinforcing, ma establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 21 Bars, concrete reinforcing, ma employers in Kentucky.

Gerdau - Louisville RS (33 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Gerdau - Louisville RS has fewer employees than the Bars, concrete reinforcing, manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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	4.2	4.2	1	1	0
2016	5.1	5.1	0	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · KY · Louisville

1,491 Bars, concrete reinforcing, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 1,638 employers in Louisville, KY · 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	Lawrenceburg Stamping - AOC Metal Works	LAWRENCEBURG, TN	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SWF Industrial	WRIGHTSVILLE, PA	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Custom Engineering Company	ERIE, PA	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Poseidon Barge - Fort Wayne	FORT WAYNE, IN	4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Appharvest Richmond Farm, LLC.	RICHMOND	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Earlington	EARLINGTON	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Earlington Operations Center	EARLINGTON	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Muldraugh Station	MULDRAUGH	33 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Jefferson County Public Schools	Louisville	18,524 FTE
CITY-NEAR	KYGRA - WORLDPORT	Louisville	11,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WORLDPORT (KYGRA)	Louisville	9,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR	KTKY TRUCK	Louisville	8,757 FTE
NAT-TCR	Columbia Distributing Springfield	Springfield, OR	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Maples Farm & Garden Center	Middletown, NY	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Legends - Indy Speedway	Indianapolis, IN	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hagerstown (Mdwil)	Williamsport, MD	4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	HMA Contracting Corp.	Schaghticoke, NY	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Peterson Home Health Care Services	Kerrville, TX	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	GCT - Plainfield	Plainfield, IN	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	GCT - Dayton	Dayton, OH	33 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.