Flakes, iron or steel, made in iron and steel mills · Tennessee

Gerdau MFT

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Arlington, TN · ~65 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Gerdau MFT runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Flakes, iron or steel, made in iron and steel mills workplace, earning a grade C.

Gerdau MFT: 2.8 TCR = 84% of Flakes, iron or steel, made in iron and steel mills BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gerdau MFT safety composite

Gerdau MFT scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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).

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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 MFT: 2.9 → 4.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.01× in 2024

Gerdau MFT's TCR rose 1.4 from 2.9 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331110 · Arlington, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 84% of ind

DART 2.8 DART
RANK #8/12
PHOTO U.P. MACHINE & ENGIN…
BOOK 7y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: U.P. MACHINE & ENGINEERING (0.0 TCR gap)

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U.P. MACHINE &

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Moody Construc

2.8
Cleveland-Clif

2.8
Faircrest Stee

2.7

What this shows Gerdau MFT averages 2.8 TCR (84% of the Flakes, iron or steel, made in iron and steel mills BLS benchmark).

Gerdau MFT TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=3.1 · 2022=0 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Gerdau MFT falls in its industry

416 Flakes, iron or steel, made in establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 12 Flakes, iron or steel, made in employers in Tennessee.

Gerdau MFT (65 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Gerdau MFT has fewer employees than the Flakes, iron or steel, made in iron and 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
2024	4.2	2.8	3	0
2023	2.2	2.2	1	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0	0
2019	3.1	1.5	2	0
2018	4.3	1.4	1	2
2017	2.9	2.9	2	0
2016	2.9	2.9	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331110 · TN · Arlington

416 Flakes, iron or steel, made in iron and steel mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 21 employers in Arlington, 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	U.P. MACHINE & ENGINEERING	POWERS, MI	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Moody Construction Services, Inc.	DUETTE, FL	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cleveland-Cliffs Coatesville	COATESVILLE, PA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Faircrest Steel Plant	CANTON, OH	2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Schaffhouser Electric Company, LLC	WHITE HOUSE	65 FTE
STATE-SIZE	McCoy's Heating & Air, Inc.	JACKSON	65 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Charlie Irwin Painting, LLC	FRANKLIN	65 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rich Products Gallatin	GALLATIN	65 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MicroPort Orthopedics Inc.	Arlington	542 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Stryker Wright - Arlington, TN	Arlington	374 FTE
CITY-NEAR	R+L Carriers - MEM	Arlington	285 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WOC	Arlington	285 FTE
NAT-TCR	Therm, Inc.	Ithaca, NY	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Freeport Transport Industries, Inc.	Freeport, PA	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Douglas N Higgins Inc	Naples, FL	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Michigan Center	Michigan Center, MI	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Warsaw Chemical Holdings LLC	Warsaw, IN	65 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Land O Lakes	Lutz, FL	65 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ramrod Industries LLC	Spencer, WI	65 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Industrial Roofing & Construction, LLC	Sterlington, LA	65 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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