Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing · Louisiana

Smith Tank & Steel, Inc.

Gonzales, LA · ~450 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Smith Tank & Steel, Inc. runs at 9% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Smith Tank & Steel, Inc.: 0.3 TCR = 9% of Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smith Tank & Steel, Inc. safety composite

Smith Tank & Steel, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 99% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

Smith Tank & Steel, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Smith Tank & Steel, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 0.2 in 2018 to 0.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.2 · 2019=0.1 · 2020=0.2 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.2 · 2023=1.0 · 2024=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332420 · Gonzales, LA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 9% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/10
  • PHOTO Spitzer Industries -…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~450 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Spitzer Industries - Curtis Kelly Division (0.0 TCR gap)

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Smith Tank & Steel, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Smith Tank & Steel, Inc. averages 0.3 TCR (9% of the Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Smith Tank & Steel, Inc. TCR series: 2018=0.2 · 2019=0.1 · 2020=0.2 · 2021=0 · 2022=0.2 · 2023=1 · 2024=0.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Smith Tank & Steel, Inc. falls in its industry

355 Bulk storage tanks, heavy gaug establishments

Safer than 99% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 10 Bulk storage tanks, heavy gaug employers in Louisiana.

Smith Tank & Steel, Inc. (450 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Smith Tank & Steel, Inc.
Smith Tank & Steel, Inc. (450 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Smith Tank & Steel, Inc. has more employees than the Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, m median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2024 0.3 0.0 2 0 0
2023 1.0 0.5 2 4 0
2022 0.2 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.2 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.1 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.2 0.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332420 · LA · Gonzales

355 Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 91 employers in Gonzales, LA · 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 Spitzer Industries - Curtis Kelly Division 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR PATTank 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Erected Steel Products of Alabama, Inc. 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Land & Sea Industries 0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hodge Mill 451 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lousiana Integrated Polyethylene JV, LLC 449 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 989 452 FTE
STATE-SIZE STL Holding Company, LLC 453 FTE
CITY-NEAR Specialty Welding and Turnarounds, LLC 2,051 FTE
CITY-NEAR 532 511 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 532 435 FTE
CITY-NEAR Total Safety Specialized Safety Personnel Group 429 FTE
NAT-TCR Ledge Creek Development 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR D.R. Horton, Inc. - Panama City 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR DDP Specialty Electronics Materials US 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Mediacom 0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - MTN6 450 FTE
NAT-SIZE Snelson Companies, Inc. 450 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rotella's Italian Bakery, Inc. 450 FTE
NAT-SIZE Laurens County Government 450 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 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.