Metals service centers · Arizona

Reliance Steel & Aluminum DBA Smith Pipe & Steel

Phoenix, AZ · ~44 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Reliance Steel & Aluminum DBA Smith Pipe & Steel runs at 182% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade D.

Reliance Steel & Aluminum DBA Smith Pipe & Steel: 4.0 TCR = 182% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Reliance Steel & Aluminum DBA Smith Pipe & Steel safety composite

Reliance Steel & Aluminum DBA Smith Pipe & Steel scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.3

2018→2020

Reliance Steel & Aluminum DBA Smith Pipe & Steel injury rate improved

Reliance Steel & Aluminum DBA Smith Pipe & Steel's TCR fell 3.3 from 5.7 in 2018 to 2.5 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.7 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Phoenix, AZ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 182% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #11/13
  • PHOTO 07 - Pawcatuck
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 07 - Pawcatuck (0.0 TCR gap)

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Reliance Steel & Aluminum DBA Smith Pipe & Steel in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Reliance Steel & Aluminum DBA Smith Pipe & Steel averages 4.0 TCR (182% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

Reliance Steel & Aluminum DBA Smith Pipe & Steel TCR series: 2018=5.7 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=2.5 · BLS 2.2

Where Reliance Steel & Aluminum DBA Smith Pipe & Steel falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 13 Metals service centers employers in Arizona.

Reliance Steel & Aluminum DBA Smith Pipe & Steel (44 employees, TCR 4.0) 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 Reliance Steel & Aluminum DBA Smith Pipe & Steel
Reliance Steel & Aluminum DBA Smith Pipe & Steel (44 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Reliance Steel & Aluminum DBA Smith Pipe & Steel has fewer 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
2020 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2019 3.8 1.9 2 0 0
2018 5.7 3.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · AZ · Phoenix

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 2,630 employers in Phoenix, AZ · 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 07 - Pawcatuck 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oregon Feralloy Partners, Loc'n 335 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR All Metals - Spartanburg, SC, loc'n #1097 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR International Pipe & Supply, LLC 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Coronation Peak Ranches, Inc. 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE AZ Alamo Ag Solutions, LLC 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sierra Vista Construction Office 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Willcox Main Office 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maricopa County 15,504 FTE
CITY-NEAR Phoenix Children's Hospital 7,575 FTE
CITY-NEAR All Company 6,261 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030500 6,153 FTE
NAT-TCR Weston 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Quest 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR DCB 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Stuart Plant 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE NW Planning & Design Center 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Renton Office 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5100-Drc-Dead River Transport 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 0079 GARNER 44 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.