Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors · Indiana

Smith Erectors Inc

Markle, IN · ~43 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Smith Erectors Inc runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Smith Erectors Inc: 2.5 TCR = 88% of Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smith Erectors Inc safety composite

Smith Erectors Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.9

2016→2020

Smith Erectors Inc injury rate improved

Smith Erectors Inc's TCR fell 4.9 from 4.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.9 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=7.4 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · Markle, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.5 · 88% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/16
  • PHOTO Berlin Steel - DC Of…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Berlin Steel - DC Office (0.0 TCR gap)

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Smith Erectors Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Smith Erectors Inc averages 2.5 TCR (88% of the Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Smith Erectors Inc TCR series: 2016=4.9 · 2017=0 · 2018=7.4 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Smith Erectors Inc falls in its industry

705 Structural steel erecting or i establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 16 Structural steel erecting or i employers in Indiana.

Smith Erectors Inc (43 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Smith Erectors Inc
Smith Erectors Inc (43 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Smith Erectors Inc has fewer employees than the Structural steel erecting or iron work c median and a lower 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 7.4 2.5 3 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.9 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · IN · Markle

705 Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 11 employers in Markle, 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 Berlin Steel - DC Office 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CMC Placing Utah 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR S & H Steel Co. 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Baja Construction 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE North Fork Farms 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Select Genetics IN Hatchery 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred Int'l Inc. 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kosciusko REMC 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wayne Metals, LLC 172 FTE
CITY-NEAR 118_163 110 FTE
CITY-NEAR 017-FTW 107 FTE
CITY-NEAR 118_162 106 FTE
NAT-TCR Pennex Aluminum Company, LLC. (Leetonia Operations) 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Cargill Salt 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR ASGCO Mfg. 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR York Currogated Container Corp 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE American Water Operations and Maintenance, LLC City of Camden 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sunshine Air Conditioning, Inc 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Town & Country Supermarket #3811 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Element Minneapolis-Bloomington 43 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, 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.