Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, strip) made from purchased steel · South Carolina

Jemison Metals SMT

Sumter, SC · ~30 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Jemison Metals SMT runs at 191% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, strip) made from purchased steel workplace, earning a grade D.

Jemison Metals SMT: 6.3 TCR = 191% of Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, strip) made from purchased steel BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Jemison Metals SMT safety composite

Jemison Metals SMT scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−12.6

2020→2021

Jemison Metals SMT injury rate improved

Jemison Metals SMT's TCR fell 12.6 from 12.6 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 12.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=12.6 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331221 · Sumter, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 191% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/5
  • PHOTO Kenwal Steel - TN, LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kenwal Steel - TN, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Jemison Metals SMT in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Jemison Metals SMT averages 6.3 TCR (191% of the Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, strip) made from purchased steel BLS benchmark).

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

Jemison Metals SMT TCR series: 2020=12.6 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Jemison Metals SMT falls in its industry

206 Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g employers in South Carolina.

Jemison Metals SMT (30 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Jemison Metals SMT
Jemison Metals SMT (30 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Jemison Metals SMT has fewer employees than the Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, pl median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 12.6 3.1 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331221 · SC · Sumter

206 Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, strip) made from purchased steel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 130 employers in Sumter, SC · 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 Kenwal Steel - TN, LLC 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4504 - Valley Steel Plant 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ratner Steel Minnesota 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Riverside Steel, Inc. 6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE FAIRFIELD PUMPED STORAGE HYDRO 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE DENMARK DISTRICT OFFICE 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenwood Operations Center 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anderson Resource Center - PNG 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thompson Construction Group 2,328 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prisma Health Tuomey 1,440 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sumter Utilities, Inc. 1,370 FTE
CITY-NEAR Continental Tire the Americas LLC - Sumter Plant 1,350 FTE
NAT-TCR Prairie Developmental Center 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR More Than Gourmet - Home Avenue 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Core-Mark International 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR American Furniture Rental-NYM 2 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kaiser Garage Doors & Gates - Chandler 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hwy 37 Farms 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Men's Campus 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE City Center 30 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: 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.