Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Ohio

Simpson Strong-Tie

Columbus, OH · ~292 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Simpson Strong-Tie runs at 97% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Simpson Strong-Tie: 3.2 TCR = 97% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Simpson Strong-Tie safety composite

Simpson Strong-Tie scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

−0.5

2016→2019

Simpson Strong-Tie injury rate improved

Simpson Strong-Tie's TCR fell 0.5 from 3.9 in 2016 to 3.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.9 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Columbus, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 97% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #18/81
  • PHOTO Mid-City Steel LLC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~292 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mid-City Steel LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Simpson Strong-Tie in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Simpson Strong-Tie averages 3.2 TCR (97% 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

Simpson Strong-Tie TCR series: 2016=3.9 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=3.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Simpson Strong-Tie falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 81 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Ohio.

Simpson Strong-Tie (292 employees, TCR 3.2) 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 Simpson Strong-Tie
Simpson Strong-Tie (292 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Simpson Strong-Tie has more employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a lower 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 3.4 2.8 11 0 0
2018 2.9 1.6 9 0 0
2017 2.6 1.8 7 0 0
2016 3.9 2.0 9 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · OH · Columbus

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,500 employers in Columbus, OH · 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 Mid-City Steel LLC 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR PrescientCo LLC - Arvada 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR CMC Rebar Polo 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arning Companies Cassville 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ink Jet Printing Solutions - Dayton 292 FTE
STATE-SIZE IAC Fremont 292 FTE
STATE-SIZE Emery Oleochemicals LLC 292 FTE
STATE-SIZE 014-00959 292 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nationwide Children's Hospital 13,367 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nationwide Children's Hospital Main Campus 10,116 FTE
CITY-NEAR Riverside Methodist Hospital 9,759 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CMH1 5,057 FTE
NAT-TCR 4054-Abs 0026 0206 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0025 1196 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR MillerCoors Milwaukee Brewery 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR RPM Diesel Engine Co 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fiesta Resort & Spa 292 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vince and Joe's Fruit Market Inc. 292 FTE
NAT-SIZE CGI Federal - Portsmouth Passport Center 292 FTE
NAT-SIZE Permian Resources Delaware Basin New Mexico 292 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.