Steel manufacturing · Mississippi

Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Flat Roll Group - Columbus

Columbus, MS · ~905 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Flat Roll Group - Columbus runs at 35% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Steel manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Flat Roll Group - Columbus: 1.1 TCR = 35% of Steel manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Flat Roll Group - Columbus safety composite

Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Flat Roll Group - Columbus scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (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)
B 1.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% 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

−0.7

2022→2024

Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Flat Roll Group - Columbus injury rate improved

Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Flat Roll Group - Columbus's TCR fell 0.7 from 1.6 in 2022 to 0.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=1.6 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331110 · Columbus, MS AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 35% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #2/6
  • PHOTO Cleveland-Cliffs But…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~905 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cleveland-Cliffs Butler Works (0.0 TCR gap)

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Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Flat Roll Group - Columbus in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Flat Roll Group - Columbus averages 1.1 TCR (35% of the Steel manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Flat Roll Group - Columbus TCR series: 2022=1.6 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=0.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Flat Roll Group - Columbus falls in its industry

416 Steel manufacturing establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 6 Steel manufacturing employers in Mississippi.

Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Flat Roll Group - Columbus (905 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Flat Roll Group - Columbus
Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Flat Roll Group - Columbus (905 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Flat Roll Group - Columbus has more employees than the Steel manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 0.9 0.3 8 1 0
2023 0.9 0.3 7 2 0
2022 1.6 0.9 13 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331110 · MS · Columbus

416 Steel manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 104 employers in Columbus, MS · 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 Cleveland-Cliffs Butler Works 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nucor-Yamato Steel Co, Inc. 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR CMC Steel South Carolina 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR USS Gary Works - Plant 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Peco Foods- Fulton Canton Ms 890 FTE
STATE-SIZE Biloxi Property - Code 923 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 6011 884 FTE
STATE-SIZE Franklin Corporation 879 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steel Dynamics, Inc. - FR Columbus 753 FTE
CITY-NEAR Paccar Engine Company 627 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bracken Construction Company, Inc. 376 FTE
CITY-NEAR 495 376 FTE
NAT-TCR SC - CHOP at Virtua 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Sabert Corporation 5490 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Melrose Live Haul 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR WKM King Mountain 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Osceola County Sheriff's Office 905 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jacksonville Distribution 905 FTE
NAT-SIZE Contract Services Group, Inc 905 FTE
NAT-SIZE Berry Global 905 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.