Metal Service Center · Ohio

Joseph T Ryerson & Son, Inc

Columbus, OH · ~50 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Joseph T Ryerson & Son, Inc runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metal Service Center workplace, earning a grade D.

Joseph T Ryerson & Son, Inc: 3.1 TCR = 143% of Metal Service Center BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Joseph T Ryerson & Son, Inc safety composite

Joseph T Ryerson & Son, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

Joseph T Ryerson & Son, Inc: 2.2 → 4.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.3× in 2024

Joseph T Ryerson & Son, Inc's TCR rose 1.9 from 2.2 in 2023 to 4.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Columbus, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.1 · 143% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #56/130
  • PHOTO Phoenix Metals Compa…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Phoenix Metals Company Location #115 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Joseph T Ryerson & Son, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Joseph T Ryerson & Son, Inc averages 3.1 TCR (143% of the Metal Service Center BLS benchmark).

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

Joseph T Ryerson & Son, Inc TCR series: 2023=2.2 · 2024=4.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Joseph T Ryerson & Son, Inc falls in its industry

1,299 Metal Service Center establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #56 safest of 130 Metal Service Center employers in Ohio.

Joseph T Ryerson & Son, Inc (50 employees, TCR 3.1) 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 Joseph T Ryerson & Son, Inc
Joseph T Ryerson & Son, Inc (50 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Joseph T Ryerson & Son, Inc has more employees than the Metal Service Center median and a lower 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 4.1 4.1 2 0 0
2023 2.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · OH · Columbus

1,299 Metal Service Center employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,500 employers in Columbus, OH · 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 Phoenix Metals Company Location #115 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Majestic Steel USA - BH 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR River City Steel 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Century Metal Solutions 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Columbia Care Ohio LLC 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rossburg 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE B & D Water Inc. 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbus SE Svc Ctr 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nationwide Children's Hospital 13,367 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nationwide Children's Hospital Main Campus 10,116 FTE
CITY-NEAR Riverside Methodist Hospital 9,759 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CMH1 5,057 FTE
NAT-TCR Atomatic Mechanical Services, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Lexington 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Fieldale Farms - Feed Mill #1 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Peace Village 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Plymouth Spring Company 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE H&H Painting Co. 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE National Metal Stampings Inc. 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Detwiler Roofing LLC 50 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. 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.