Steel merchant wholesalers · Indiana
Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of Lafayette a Division of the Oscar Winski Company
Lafayete, IN · ~100 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of Lafayette a Division of the Oscar Winski Company runs at 336% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Steel merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of Lafayette a Division of the Oscar Winski Company: 7.4 TCR = 336% of Steel merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of Lafayette a Division of the Oscar Winski Company safety composite
Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of Lafayette a Division of the Oscar Winski Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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).
23/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.4 per 100 workers
Safer than 18% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.41 per 100 workers
Safer than 10% 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
Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of Lafayette a Division of the Oscar Winski Company: 3.5 → 7.4 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 15.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2024
Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of Lafayette a Division of the Oscar Winski Company's TCR rose 3.9 from 3.5 in 2016 to 7.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 15.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423510 · Lafayete, IN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 336% of ind
- DART 7.4 DART
- RANK #64/75
- PHOTO Sunshine Metals-Wich…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 60 inj
- SIZE ~100 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Sunshine Metals-Wichita (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of Lafayette a Division of the Oscar Winski Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of Lafayette a Division of the Oscar Winski Company
7.4 TCR
- Sunshine Metal
Sunshine Metals-Wichita
7.4 TCR
- Presby Steel,
Presby Steel, LLC
7.4 TCR
- Chicago (Temtc
Chicago (Temtco)
7.4 TCR
- High Performan
High Performance Alloys, Inc. - Tipton
7.4 TCR
What this shows Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of Lafayette a Division of the Oscar Winski Company averages 7.4 TCR (336% of the Steel merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of Lafayette a Division of the Oscar Winski Company TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2017=4 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=11.3 · 2020=4.8 · 2022=8.3 · 2023=15.2 · 2024=7.4 · BLS 2.2
Where Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of Lafayette a Division of the Oscar Winski Company falls in its industry
1,299 Steel merchant wholesalers establishmentsSafer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #64 safest of 75 Steel merchant wholesalers employers in Indiana.
Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of Lafayette a Division of the Oscar Winski Company has more employees than the Steel merchant wholesalers 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 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 15.2 | 13.1 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 11.3 | 9.6 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423510 · IN · Lafayete
1,299 Steel merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 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 | Sunshine Metals-Wichita | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Presby Steel, LLC | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Chicago (Temtco) | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | High Performance Alloys, Inc. - Tipton | 7.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Belstra Group Farms | 100 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Merritt Contracting | 100 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Geiger Excavating Inc. | 100 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kens Foods Lebanon | 100 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Phoenix Distribution Center | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hydro Resources - Rocky Mountain, Inc. | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hanalei Bay Resort | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Millwood, Inc. Waterford | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | ProSolutions | 100 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lowes Foods #254 | 100 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pennington Health Services dba Thief River Care Center | 100 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Parkview Healthcare Facility | 100 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.