Metals service centers · South Carolina

JM Steel Corporation

Huger, SC · ~72 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

JM Steel Corporation runs at 309% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade F.

JM Steel Corporation: 6.8 TCR = 309% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

JM Steel Corporation safety composite

JM Steel Corporation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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%).

Rising injury rate

JM Steel Corporation: 4.2 → 4.8 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 14.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.35× in 2024

JM Steel Corporation's TCR rose 0.6 from 4.2 in 2016 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 14.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Huger, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 309% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #14/18
  • PHOTO Norton Metals
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Norton Metals (0.0 TCR gap)

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JM Steel Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows JM Steel Corporation averages 6.8 TCR (309% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

JM Steel Corporation TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=2.8 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=10.9 · 2021=6 · 2022=14.8 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 2.2

Where JM Steel Corporation falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 18 Metals service centers employers in South Carolina.

JM Steel Corporation (72 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 JM Steel Corporation
JM Steel Corporation (72 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

JM Steel Corporation has more employees than the Metals service centers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 Fatalities
2024 4.8 2.4 4 0 0
2022 14.8 10.8 11 0 0
2021 6.0 3.6 5 0 0
2020 10.9 8.2 8 0 0
2019 4.3 2.8 3 0 0
2017 2.8 2.8 2 0 0
2016 4.2 4.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · SC · Huger

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 15 employers in Huger, 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 Norton Metals 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wieland Metal Services (Fullerton) 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR JMS Russel Metals Corp - LPC 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR API Tualatin, OR 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Southern Atlantic Mechanical Contractors, LLC 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Contec, INC. - Flatwood 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Valmet Aiken Roll Shop 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE USHERS MACHINE AND TOOL CO., INC. 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nucor Steel-Berkeley 1,003 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nucor Steel Berkeley 959 FTE
CITY-NEAR Berkeley 125 FTE
CITY-NEAR Berkley 107 FTE
NAT-TCR Belleville Shoe South Inc., Mid-South Division 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Unitex Newburgh 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lassiter Lumber Company, LLC 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR FBF Inc. 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lundquist Associates 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lynn Mayer's Great Lakes Glads, Inc. 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE J. R. Kelly Company, Inc. 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Darling Ingredients Los Angeles 72 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.