Iron work, structural, contractors · California

Olson Steel

San Leandro, CA · ~256 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Olson Steel runs at 176% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Iron work, structural, contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Olson Steel: 4.9 TCR = 176% of Iron work, structural, contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Olson Steel safety composite

Olson Steel scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

Olson Steel: 1.8 → 5.3 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 6.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.57× in 2020

Olson Steel's TCR rose 3.5 from 1.8 in 2017 to 5.3 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · San Leandro, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 176% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #56/96
  • PHOTO Prestress of the Car…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 49 inj
  • SIZE ~256 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Prestress of the Carolinas (0.0 TCR gap)

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Olson Steel in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Olson Steel averages 4.9 TCR (176% of the Iron work, structural, contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Olson Steel TCR series: 2017=1.8 · 2018=5.7 · 2019=6.9 · 2020=5.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Olson Steel falls in its industry

705 Iron work, structural, contrac establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #56 safest of 96 Iron work, structural, contrac employers in California.

Olson Steel (256 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0100200300 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Olson Steel
Olson Steel (256 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Olson Steel has more employees than the Iron work, structural, contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 5.3 2.8 13 2 0
2019 6.9 3.3 19 0 0
2018 5.7 2.7 12 3 0
2017 1.8 1.8 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · CA · San Leandro

705 Iron work, structural, contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 227 employers in San Leandro, CA · 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 Prestress of the Carolinas 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Wind Northwest 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northeast Structural Steel Inc. 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Titon Builders Inc 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE White Hills 256 FTE
STATE-SIZE MONTEREY PARK - 15 256 FTE
STATE-SIZE Performance Mechanical Inc 256 FTE
STATE-SIZE STURGEON ELECTRIC CALIFORNIA, LLC 256 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 475 2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 571 2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2032-02120451 2,079 FTE
CITY-NEAR 02820451 SAN LEANDRO MEDICAL CENTER 1,763 FTE
NAT-TCR PSC Industries - Broadway 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ace Hardware Retail Support Center (Wilton) 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Southeast Concrete Construction 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR SL-2 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pella Corporation 256 FTE
NAT-SIZE Algood- Louisville 256 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Heating and Air Conditioning 256 FTE
NAT-SIZE NMG Aerospace East - Hudson Drive 256 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. 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.