Steel manufacturing · Indiana
Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Structural and Rail
Columbia City, IN · ~944 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Structural and Rail runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Steel manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Structural and Rail: 1.6 TCR = 48% of Steel manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Structural and Rail safety composite
Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Structural and Rail scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% 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).
60/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 1.59 per 100 workers
Safer than 68% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.79 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Structural and Rail: 1.1 → 1.7 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 2.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.5× in 2024
Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Structural and Rail's TCR rose 0.6 from 1.1 in 2022 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331110 · Columbia City, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 48% of ind
- DART 0.8 DART
- RANK #18/42
- PHOTO ArcelorMittal Coates…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 48 inj
- SIZE ~944 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: ArcelorMittal Coatesville (EIN 20-0653500) (0.0 TCR gap)
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Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Structural and Rail in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Structural and Rail
1.6 TCR
- ArcelorMittal
ArcelorMittal Coatesville (EIN 20-0653500)
1.6 TCR
- Steel Dynamics
Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Engineered Bar Products
1.6 TCR
- Great Lakes Wo
Great Lakes Works
1.6 TCR
- PCP - Casa Gra
PCP - Casa Grande
1.6 TCR
What this shows Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Structural and Rail averages 1.6 TCR (48% of the Steel manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Structural and Rail TCR series: 2022=1.1 · 2023=2 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Structural and Rail falls in its industry
416 Steel manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 42 Steel manufacturing employers in Indiana.
Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Structural and Rail 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 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331110 · IN · Columbia City
416 Steel manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 67 employers in Columbia City, 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 | ArcelorMittal Coatesville (EIN 20-0653500) | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Engineered Bar Products | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Great Lakes Works | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PCP - Casa Grande | 1.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Therma Tru | 947 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Franciscan Health Michigan City | 938 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Franklin Electric Co., Inc. | 952 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2272-22720275 | 953 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Steel Dynamics Structural & Rail Division | 802 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lear Corporation - Columbia City | 529 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Undersea Sensor Systems Inc | 527 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Micropulse, Inc. | 392 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Sledge, LLC | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Shelley's Electrical Service, Inc. | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Buske Lines Inc. 210 | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Upper Occoquan Service Authority | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - PDX7 | 944 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AMD Des Plaines | 944 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Medtronic | 944 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Aerojet Rocketdyne - Camden | 944 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.