Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Alabama

Mid South Steel, Inc

Pelham, AL · ~26 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mid South Steel, Inc runs at 387% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Mid South Steel, Inc: 12.8 TCR = 387% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mid South Steel, Inc safety composite

Mid South Steel, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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).

F

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−2.5

2016→2020

Mid South Steel, Inc injury rate improved

Mid South Steel, Inc's TCR fell 2.5 from 11.4 in 2016 to 8.9 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 19.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.4 · 2017=19.4 · 2018=10.3 · 2019=13.9 · 2020=8.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Pelham, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.8 · 387% of ind

  • DART 4.4 DART
  • RANK #58/61
  • PHOTO Metro Steel & Pipe S…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Metro Steel & Pipe Supply Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mid South Steel, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mid South Steel, Inc averages 12.8 TCR (387% 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

Mid South Steel, Inc TCR series: 2016=11.4 · 2017=19.4 · 2018=10.3 · 2019=13.9 · 2020=8.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Mid South Steel, Inc falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #58 safest of 61 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Alabama.

Mid South Steel, Inc (26 employees, TCR 12.8) 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 Mid South Steel, Inc
Mid South Steel, Inc (26 employees, TCR 12.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Mid South Steel, Inc has fewer employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a higher 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
2020 8.9 4.4 2 0 0
2019 13.9 6.9 4 0 0
2018 10.3 0.0 3 0 0
2017 19.4 6.5 6 0 0
2016 11.4 5.7 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · AL · Pelham

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 75 employers in Pelham, AL · 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 Metro Steel & Pipe Supply Inc 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Custom Group, Custom Engineering Company 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Makers Company Inc. 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Steele Solutions Inc 12.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Unlimited Contract Services Robertsdale 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mar-Jac Poultry AL, LLC Hatchery 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ashland Breeder and Broiler Dept 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sand Mountain Hatchery 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Process Equipment, Inc. South Field Services 356 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pace Runners, Inc. 317 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5262 293 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summer Classics 290 FTE
NAT-TCR Elms Haven Center 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Pacesetter Roadside Assistance 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : DEN3 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Drury Inn & Suites - Charlotte Northlake 12.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Eide Advantage Building 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Euclid Terminal 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southern States Winchester Fertilizer Plant 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southern States Anderson-Royston Service - Anderson Branch 26 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.