Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Mississippi

Gipson Steel, Inc.

Meridian, MS · ~59 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gipson Steel, Inc. runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Gipson Steel, Inc.: 1.9 TCR = 59% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gipson Steel, Inc. safety composite

Gipson Steel, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−3.3

2018→2024

Gipson Steel, Inc. injury rate improved

Gipson Steel, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.3 from 4.9 in 2018 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.9 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=3.6 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Meridian, MS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 59% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/21
  • PHOTO Ameritex Machine and…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ameritex Machine and Fab, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gipson Steel, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gipson Steel, Inc. averages 1.9 TCR (59% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Gipson Steel, Inc. TCR series: 2018=4.9 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=3.6 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Gipson Steel, Inc. falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 21 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Mississippi.

Gipson Steel, Inc. (59 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Gipson Steel, Inc.
Gipson Steel, Inc. (59 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Gipson Steel, Inc. has more employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a lower 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
2024 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2023 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2022 3.6 1.8 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.9 1.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · MS · Meridian

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 147 employers in Meridian, MS · 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 Ameritex Machine and Fab, LLC 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Gateway Co of Missouri, LLC 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR PSP Industries 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1302 MidSouth Fabrication and Coatings 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE JJ Ferguson Sand & Gravel 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE M&H Contractors, LLC 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lincoln Lumber Mississippi, LLC 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE KXT Iuka MS 59 FTE
CITY-NEAR Anderson Regional Medical Center North Campus 1,189 FTE
CITY-NEAR Anderson Regional Medical Center 1,004 FTE
CITY-NEAR Progressive Pipeline Construction, LLC - Company 848 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rush Foundation Hospital 737 FTE
NAT-TCR Freeborn County 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Schreiber Foods Inc. - Grand Rapids 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR California Temp Services, Inc 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Good Metals Company 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gold Crown Food Company of the Ozarks, Inc. 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chem-Pak Inc. 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mckenzie Electric Cooperative 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Conroe Machine, LLC 59 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, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.