Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Idaho

Rule Steel Plant 3

Caldwell, ID · ~58 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rule Steel Plant 3 runs at 257% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Rule Steel Plant 3: 8.5 TCR = 257% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rule Steel Plant 3 safety composite

Rule Steel Plant 3 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

−4.0

2016→2019

Rule Steel Plant 3 injury rate improved

Rule Steel Plant 3's TCR fell 4.0 from 11.4 in 2016 to 7.5 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.4 · 2017=9.1 · 2018=6.0 · 2019=7.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Caldwell, ID ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.5 · 257% of ind

  • DART 6.5 DART
  • RANK #9/14
  • PHOTO Capital Steel Servic…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Capital Steel Service, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rule Steel Plant 3 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rule Steel Plant 3 averages 8.5 TCR (257% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Rule Steel Plant 3 TCR series: 2016=11.4 · 2017=9.1 · 2018=6 · 2019=7.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Rule Steel Plant 3 falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Idaho alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 14 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Idaho.

Rule Steel Plant 3 (58 employees, TCR 8.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Rule Steel Plant 3
Rule Steel Plant 3 (58 employees, TCR 8.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Rule Steel Plant 3 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
2019 7.5 6.5 8 0 0
2018 6.0 6.0 3 0 0
2017 9.1 9.1 4 0 0
2016 11.4 6.8 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · ID · Caldwell

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,774 rated employers in Idaho with headcount on file · 118 employers in Caldwell, ID · 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 Capital Steel Service, LLC 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Agristeel, Inc. 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Twin City Hose, LLC 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alliance 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Treesource-Rupert 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Starr Corporation 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Poe Asphalt Paving, Inc. - Post Falls 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hailey Office 58 FTE
CITY-NEAR West Valley Medical Center 564 FTE
CITY-NEAR FG Idaho Plant - Caldwell 519 FTE
CITY-NEAR JR Simplot - Food - Idaho Plant 510 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2780 439 FTE
NAT-TCR Brookover Ranch Feedyard 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Wingate at Norton 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Trinity Campus 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Cathedral City / Cimarron 8.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE KIK Underground, LLC 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Miller Transfer & Rigging Co. 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mega-Camden 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elkins 58 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.