Metals service centers · Nebraska

Norfolk Iron and Metal - Nebraska

Name: Norfolk Iron and Metal - Nebraska Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Norfolk, NE · ~257 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Norfolk Iron and Metal - Nebraska runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade C.

Norfolk Iron and Metal - Nebraska: 2.3 TCR = 104% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Norfolk Iron and Metal - Nebraska safety composite

Norfolk Iron and Metal - Nebraska scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

Norfolk Iron and Metal - Nebraska: 1.2 → 2.9 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 5.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.97× in 2022

Norfolk Iron and Metal - Nebraska's TCR rose 1.7 from 1.2 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.8 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Norfolk, NE ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.3 · 104% of ind

DART 2.2 DART
RANK #1/5
PHOTO Electric Coating Tec…
BOOK 7y book
INJ 35 inj
SIZE ~257 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Electric Coating Technologies (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.3
Electric Coati

2.3
Yarde Metals,

2.3
Memphis MEM

2.3
Metals USA - H

2.3

What this shows Norfolk Iron and Metal - Nebraska averages 2.3 TCR (104% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

Norfolk Iron and Metal - Nebraska TCR series: 2016=1.2 · 2017=5.8 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.5 · 2022=2.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Norfolk Iron and Metal - Nebraska falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 5 Metals service centers employers in Nebraska.

Norfolk Iron and Metal - Nebraska (257 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Norfolk Iron and Metal - Nebraska has more employees than the Metals service centers 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
2022	2.9	2.2	4
2021	1.5	0.0	3
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	2.1	0.9	5
2018	2.4	0.4	6
2017	5.8	4.2	14
2016	1.2	1.2	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · NE · Norfolk

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 87 employers in Norfolk, NE · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Electric Coating Technologies	EAST CHICAGO, IN	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Yarde Metals, Inc.: Connecticut	SOUTHINGTON, CT	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Memphis MEM	MEMPHIS, TN	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Metals USA - Horicon	HORICON, WI	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Eastmont Towers	LINCOLN	257 FTE
STATE-SIZE	FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS HOME/EAST HOSPITAL-9HEAST	OMAHA	257 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Paulsen Incorporated	COZAD	256 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Schneider Electric - Lincoln, Nebraska	LINCOLN	256 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Faith Regional Health Services West Campus	Norfolk	823 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nucor Steel Nebraska	Norfolk	506 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AWG, Norfolk	Norfolk	493 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Vulcraft Nebraska	Norfolk	460 FTE
NAT-TCR	Taprite-Marion	Marion, TX	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Midwestern Machine & Hydraulics, Inc.	Mt. Vernon, IL	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Delta Faucet Company - Lapeer	Lapeer, MI	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Catawba	Catawba, NC	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Technical Center	Portage, MI	257 FTE
NAT-SIZE	8807781-Lowes OR	Lebanon, OR	257 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Main Campus	Urbana, IL	257 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Spring Lake Park ISD 16, SLPHS High School	Minneapolis, MN	257 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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