Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · South Carolina
Owen Steel
Columbia, SC · ~220 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Owen Steel runs at 192% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Owen Steel: 6.3 TCR = 192% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Owen Steel safety composite
Owen Steel scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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).
29/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.32 per 100 workers
Safer than 34% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 8.08 per 100 workers
Safer than 7% 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
Owen Steel: 5.7 → 11.2 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 11.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.28× in 2024
Owen Steel's TCR rose 5.5 from 5.7 in 2017 to 11.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332312 · Columbia, SC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 192% of ind
- DART 8.1 DART
- RANK #14/22
- PHOTO Cardinal Fabricating…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 130 inj
- SIZE ~220 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Cardinal Fabricating, Inc. - Corporate Office (0.0 TCR gap)
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Owen Steel in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Owen Steel
6.3 TCR
- Cardinal Fabri
Cardinal Fabricating, Inc. - Corporate Office
6.3 TCR
- Supreme Manufa
Supreme Manufacturing Inc
6.3 TCR
- Canam Steel Co
Canam Steel Corp
6.3 TCR
- ASA Builders S
ASA Builders Supply Co., LLC
6.3 TCR
What this shows Owen Steel averages 6.3 TCR (192% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Owen Steel TCR series: 2017=5.7 · 2018=6.1 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=6.3 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=10.9 · 2024=11.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Owen Steel falls in its industry
1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishmentsSafer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 22 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in South Carolina.
Owen Steel has more employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 | 11.2 | 8.1 | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10.9 | 5.4 | 18 | 8 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 27 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.1 | 2.7 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332312 · SC · Columbia
1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 542 employers in Columbia, SC · 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 | Cardinal Fabricating, Inc. - Corporate Office | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Supreme Manufacturing Inc | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Canam Steel Corp | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ASA Builders Supply Co., LLC | 6.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Milliken Pendleton Plant | 220 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DSM nutritional products Kingstree | 220 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cummins Charleston ReCon Plant | 220 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Zeus Aiken | 220 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Palmetto Health Richland | 5,949 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Prisma Health Richland | 4,729 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | South Carolina Department of Transportation | 4,400 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SC Department of Transportation | 3,864 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | BELDEN | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Detroit 172 | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Roswell | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Greater Peoria Sanitary District | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Tetra Pak Inc. - Vernon Hills | 220 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency | 220 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Merit Framing | 220 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Placer County Water Agency (PCWA | 220 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.