Rods, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers · Nebraska

Norfolk Iron & Metal - NE

Norfolk, NE · ~242 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Norfolk Iron & Metal - NE runs at 110% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Rods, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Norfolk Iron & Metal - NE: 2.4 TCR = 110% of Rods, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Norfolk Iron & Metal - NE safety composite

Norfolk Iron & Metal - NE scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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

−2.7

2023→2024

Norfolk Iron & Metal - NE injury rate improved

Norfolk Iron & Metal - NE's TCR fell 2.7 from 3.8 in 2023 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=3.8 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 2.4 · 110% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #2/5
  • PHOTO C.R. Laurence Co., I…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~242 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: C.R. Laurence Co., Inc - SC29 Miami (0.0 TCR gap)

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Norfolk Iron & Metal - NE in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Norfolk Iron & Metal - NE averages 2.4 TCR (110% of the Rods, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Norfolk Iron & Metal - NE TCR series: 2023=3.8 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Norfolk Iron & Metal - NE falls in its industry

1,299 Rods, metal (except precious), establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Rods, metal (except precious), employers in Nebraska.

Norfolk Iron & Metal - NE (242 employees, TCR 2.4) 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 050100150200250300 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Norfolk Iron & Metal - NE
Norfolk Iron & Metal - NE (242 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Norfolk Iron & Metal - NE has more employees than the Rods, metal (except precious), merchant 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 1.1 0.7 3 0 0
2023 3.8 1.4 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · NE · Norfolk

1,299 Rods, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR C.R. Laurence Co., Inc - SC29 Miami 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR North American Metals, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bralco Metals 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Portage 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Brookestone Meadows 242 FTE
STATE-SIZE TCCo-NEB 241 FTE
STATE-SIZE Omaha Steaks F St 241 FTE
STATE-SIZE Omaha Steaks - DCW 241 FTE
CITY-NEAR Faith Regional Health Services West Campus 823 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nucor Steel Nebraska 506 FTE
CITY-NEAR AWG, Norfolk 493 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vulcraft Nebraska 460 FTE
NAT-TCR Bridgewater YMCA 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Kubricky Construction Corp. 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR The Lyman Group Inc 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Structural Services Inc 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE IOSM Inc. dba On-Site Health & Safety 242 FTE
NAT-SIZE KNS International 242 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coon Rapids 242 FTE
NAT-SIZE Venture Solutions - Arden Hills MN - 0093-MNAR1 242 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.