Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing · California

SMS Fabrications Inc

Riverside, CA · ~30 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SMS Fabrications Inc runs at 170% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

SMS Fabrications Inc: 5.6 TCR = 170% of Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SMS Fabrications Inc safety composite

SMS Fabrications Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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%).

Rising injury rate

SMS Fabrications Inc: 2.9 → 8.6 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 16.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.77× in 2024

SMS Fabrications Inc's TCR rose 5.7 from 2.9 in 2017 to 8.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 16.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Riverside, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 170% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #59/98
  • PHOTO StageRight Corporati…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: StageRight Corporation / Rogers Group (0.0 TCR gap)

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SMS Fabrications Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SMS Fabrications Inc averages 5.6 TCR (170% of the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

SMS Fabrications Inc TCR series: 2017=2.9 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=16.1 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=3 · 2024=8.6 · BLS 3.3

Where SMS Fabrications Inc falls in its industry

1,158 Sheet metal work (except stamp establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #59 safest of 98 Sheet metal work (except stamp employers in California.

SMS Fabrications Inc (30 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate SMS Fabrications Inc
SMS Fabrications Inc (30 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

SMS Fabrications Inc has fewer employees than the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 8.6 4.3 1 1 0
2022 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2021 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2020 16.1 12.9 3 2 0
2019 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2018 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2017 2.9 2.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · CA · Riverside

1,158 Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 536 employers in Riverside, CA · 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 StageRight Corporation / Rogers Group 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chapco Main Office 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR NIC Global-TN Coatings 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR TKS Industrial Short Term Establishments 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE BZNUR 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1780 San Juan Rd. 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charter Oaks 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenfields Turf, Inc. 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC Riverside 8,676 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA-21 4,525 FTE
CITY-NEAR Riverside Community Hospital 2,354 FTE
CITY-NEAR 08681351 RIVERSIDE MED CENTER 2,349 FTE
NAT-TCR Contitech Thermopol LLC 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Hot Springs 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR ATI Aviation Services, LLC. 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Keystone Iron and Metal Co., Inc. 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Laurel 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Partners Transportation Services, LLC 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valiant Construction LLC 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Landscape Associate of WNY, Inc. 30 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.