Metals service centers · North Dakota

NPS (Northern Plains Steel)

Fargo, ND · ~95 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

NPS (Northern Plains Steel) runs at 333% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade F.

NPS (Northern Plains Steel): 7.3 TCR = 333% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

NPS (Northern Plains Steel) safety composite

NPS (Northern Plains Steel) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

NPS (Northern Plains Steel): 3.9 → 6.3 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 10.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.72× in 2024

NPS (Northern Plains Steel)'s TCR rose 2.5 from 3.9 in 2016 to 6.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 10.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Fargo, ND ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 333% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK P18
  • PHOTO Charlotte (Black Sat…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 53 inj
  • SIZE ~95 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Charlotte (Black Satchel) (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · North Dakota employers → · Look up another →

NPS (Northern Plains Steel) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows NPS (Northern Plains Steel) averages 7.3 TCR (333% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

NPS (Northern Plains Steel) TCR series: 2016=3.9 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=6.1 · 2020=10.7 · 2022=9.8 · 2023=8.1 · 2024=6.3 · BLS 2.2

Where NPS (Northern Plains Steel) falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
NPS (Northern Plains Steel) (95 employees, TCR 7.3) 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate NPS (Northern Plains Steel)
NPS (Northern Plains Steel) (95 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

NPS (Northern Plains Steel) has more employees than the Metals service centers 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 6.3 5.3 6 0 0
2023 8.1 6.5 10 0 0
2022 9.8 9.8 12 0 0
2020 10.7 6.8 9 2 0
2019 6.1 2.6 7 0 0
2018 6.5 3.7 6 1 0
2016 3.9 2.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · ND · Fargo

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,696 rated employers in North Dakota with headcount on file · 415 employers in Fargo, ND · 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 Charlotte (Black Satchel) 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR SPSCI Royal Metal Industries 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR ISSC INC DBA OREGON METAL SERVICES 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conklin Metal Industries - Norcross Branch (Atlanta North) 7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Devon Energy - Killdeer ND 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3043 Cash Wise Minot 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE NDFAO - FARGO GATEWAY 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Minot Health and Rehab 95 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,Fargo-Medical Center-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 2,963 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,FARGO - North Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 2,722 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,FARGO - Fargo Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 2,568 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,Fargo-Broadway Hospital-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 2,547 FTE
NAT-TCR PA Corporate office 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Select Specialty Hospital - Wichita, Inc 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Lincoln Elementary 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR MAD 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Monroe Terminal 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0671 Indianapolis 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0735 Atlanta 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0520 Newington 95 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, 2019, 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.