steel · New York
Ramar Steel Sales Inc
Rochester, NY · ~59 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.6
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ramar Steel Sales Inc runs at 307% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical steel workplace, earning a grade F.
Ramar Steel Sales Inc: 8.6 TCR = 307% of steel BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ramar Steel Sales Inc safety composite
Ramar Steel Sales Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% 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).
38/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.59 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.61 per 100 workers
Safer than 50% 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
Ramar Steel Sales Inc: 5.9 → 8.1 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 14.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.19× in 2024
Ramar Steel Sales Inc's TCR rose 2.2 from 5.9 in 2016 to 8.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 14.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238120 · Rochester, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 307% of ind
- DART 1.6 DART
- RANK #34/43
- PHOTO L & L Construction, …
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 39 inj
- SIZE ~59 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: L & L Construction, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ramar Steel Sales Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Ramar Steel Sales Inc
8.6 TCR
- L & L Construc
L & L Construction, Inc.
8.6 TCR
- Global Steel E
Global Steel Erectors, Inc.
8.6 TCR
- 4541_9890
4541_9890
8.5 TCR
- Shannon Side W
Shannon Side Welding Inc dba Sheedy Fabrications
8.5 TCR
What this shows Ramar Steel Sales Inc averages 8.6 TCR (307% of the steel BLS benchmark).
Ramar Steel Sales Inc TCR series: 2016=5.9 · 2018=13.5 · 2019=14.7 · 2020=7.8 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=8.5 · 2023=5.4 · 2024=8.1 · BLS 2.8
Where Ramar Steel Sales Inc falls in its industry
705 steel establishmentsSafer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.
Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 43 steel employers in New York.
Ramar Steel Sales Inc has more employees than the steel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.1 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.8 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 14.7 | 3.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238120 · NY · Rochester
705 steel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 956 employers in Rochester, NY · 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 | L & L Construction, Inc. | 8.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Global Steel Erectors, Inc. | 8.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 4541_9890 | 8.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Shannon Side Welding Inc dba Sheedy Fabrications | 8.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Northern Orchard Co., Inc | 59 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ISLAND PARK-NY59 | 59 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Greenburgh Workout Location | 59 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wendel Energy Services, LLC | 59 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Division 50 University of Rochester | 13,244 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rochester General Hospital | 7,833 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Division 40 University of Rochester | 4,884 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Unity Hospital | 3,158 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | LP Elizabethon, LLC | 8.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Frozen | 8.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | UMV | 8.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Fountains at La Cholla | 8.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | AJD Forest Products | 59 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Northern Wasco County PUD | 59 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MH Dayton | 59 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Active Electric, Inc. | 59 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.