Mesh, wire, made in wire drawing mills · Pennsylvania

Nelson Wire & Steel

New Salem, PA · ~68 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nelson Wire & Steel runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Mesh, wire, made in wire drawing mills workplace, earning a grade B.

Nelson Wire & Steel: 2.5 TCR = 75% of Mesh, wire, made in wire drawing mills BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nelson Wire & Steel safety composite

Nelson Wire & Steel scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−1.8

2016→2024

Nelson Wire & Steel injury rate improved

Nelson Wire & Steel's TCR fell 1.8 from 3.1 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.1 · 2018=6.6 · 2020=2.4 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331222 · New Salem, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 75% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #4/19
  • PHOTO Insteel Wire Product…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Insteel Wire Products NCW (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nelson Wire & Steel in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nelson Wire & Steel averages 2.5 TCR (75% of the Mesh, wire, made in wire drawing mills BLS benchmark).

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

Nelson Wire & Steel TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2018=6.6 · 2020=2.4 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Nelson Wire & Steel falls in its industry

163 Mesh, wire, made in wire drawi establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 19 Mesh, wire, made in wire drawi employers in Pennsylvania.

Nelson Wire & Steel (68 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 Nelson Wire & Steel
Nelson Wire & Steel (68 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 4.8

Nelson Wire & Steel has fewer employees than the Mesh, wire, made in wire drawing mills median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2023 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2022 0.5 0.5 1 0 0
2020 2.4 2.4 2 0 0
2018 6.6 6.6 6 0 0
2016 3.1 1.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331222 · PA · New Salem

163 Mesh, wire, made in wire drawing mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania 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 Insteel Wire Products NCW 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Insteel Wire PAW 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Insteel Wire Products - Jacksonville, FL 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bekaert Van Buren (BKVB) 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Farm 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Regester Mushrooms inc 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Monterey Mushroom Inc 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farmers Pride Hatchery 68 FTE
NAT-TCR Champion Hi-Tech Mfg., Inc 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Cox Engineering - Randolph 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Harty Mechanical 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR ADAMA Site 2 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Forestdale Park 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stericycle - Concord,NC-4403 Republic 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE 215BIN 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE BAE Systems I&S - St. Marys 68 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, 2022, 2020, 2018, 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.