Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing · Alabama

GH Metal Solutions, Loc'n 345

Fort Payne, AL · ~264 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

GH Metal Solutions, Loc'n 345 runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

GH Metal Solutions, Loc'n 345: 2.1 TCR = 62% of Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GH Metal Solutions, Loc'n 345 safety composite

GH Metal Solutions, Loc'n 345 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% 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).

C

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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%).

GH Metal Solutions, Loc'n 345 held a steady TCR band

GH Metal Solutions, Loc'n 345's TCR held near 0.3 from 1.4 in 2017 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.4 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Fort Payne, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 62% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #5/15
  • PHOTO Southwark Metal Idah…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 41 inj
  • SIZE ~264 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Southwark Metal Idaho Division (0.0 TCR gap)

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GH Metal Solutions, Loc'n 345 in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows GH Metal Solutions, Loc'n 345 averages 2.1 TCR (62% of the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

GH Metal Solutions, Loc'n 345 TCR series: 2017=1.4 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where GH Metal Solutions, Loc'n 345 falls in its industry

1,158 Sheet metal work (except stamp establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 15 Sheet metal work (except stamp employers in Alabama.

GH Metal Solutions, Loc'n 345 (264 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate GH Metal Solutions, Loc'n 345
GH Metal Solutions, Loc'n 345 (264 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

GH Metal Solutions, Loc'n 345 has more employees than the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 1.1 0.6 2 0 0
2023 3.5 1.5 7 0 0
2022 1.9 1.9 4 0 0
2021 2.1 2.1 6 0 0
2020 2.9 2.5 7 0 0
2019 2.2 0.7 6 0 0
2018 1.3 1.3 4 0 0
2017 1.4 0.9 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · AL · Fort Payne

1,158 Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 39 employers in Fort Payne, AL · 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 Southwark Metal Idaho Division 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Custom Mechanical Contractors 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR MUNSCHAUER, INC. 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Innovation First Manufacturing, Inc. 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Generation Fossil Gaston Steam Plant 264 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hanil USA 264 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 2739 264 FTE
STATE-SIZE D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital 264 FTE
CITY-NEAR Heil Environmental 869 FTE
CITY-NEAR PlayCore Wisconsin, Inc., dba GameTime 446 FTE
CITY-NEAR PlayCore 386 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 691 383 FTE
NAT-TCR IES Santa Rosa 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR CMC Bloomington/Normal 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Marion Mold & Tool, Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR MBARC Construction 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sunrise Medica US LLC- Fresno 264 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shop Rite of Galloway 264 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Coatings Corp 264 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bus Public Transportation 264 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.