Steel Processor · Indiana

Paragon Steel

Butler, IN · ~100 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Paragon Steel runs at 340% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Steel Processor workplace, earning a grade F.

Paragon Steel: 7.5 TCR = 340% of Steel Processor BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Paragon Steel safety composite

Paragon Steel scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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%).

Paragon Steel held a steady TCR band

Paragon Steel's TCR held near 0.2 from 6.7 in 2021 to 6.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 13.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=6.7 · 2022=13.1 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=6.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Butler, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.5 · 340% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK #66/75
  • PHOTO QWP
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~100 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: QWP (0.0 TCR gap)

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Paragon Steel in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Paragon Steel averages 7.5 TCR (340% of the Steel Processor BLS benchmark).

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

Paragon Steel TCR series: 2021=6.7 · 2022=13.1 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=6.5 · BLS 2.2

Where Paragon Steel falls in its industry

1,299 Steel Processor establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #66 safest of 75 Steel Processor employers in Indiana.

Paragon Steel (100 employees, TCR 7.5) 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 Paragon Steel
Paragon Steel (100 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Paragon Steel has more employees than the Steel Processor 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 6.5 4.6 7 0 0
2023 3.6 3.6 4 0 0
2022 13.1 4.4 12 0 0
2021 6.7 4.5 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IN · Butler

1,299 Steel Processor employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 26 employers in Butler, IN · 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 QWP 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Target Steel 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR PACIFIC MACHINERY & TOOL STEEL COMPANY 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ryerson-Elgin IL 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Belstra Group Farms 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Merritt Contracting 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Geiger Excavating Inc. 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kens Foods Lebanon 100 FTE
CITY-NEAR Therma Tru 947 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Flat Roll Group - Butler 918 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steel Dynamics Flat Roll Group - Butler 780 FTE
CITY-NEAR Multimatic Indiana 338 FTE
NAT-TCR Orgee - Eugene 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Nmcar - Carlsbad Center 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Chesterfield 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR STR0165 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Anaheim CA 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Take It For Granite 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Iaame - Ames 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Txwic - Wichita Falls 100 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, 2021. 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.