Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors · Colorado

Steel Huggers LLC

Mead, CO · ~45 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Steel Huggers LLC runs at 495% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Steel Huggers LLC: 13.8 TCR = 495% of Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Steel Huggers LLC safety composite

Steel Huggers LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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).

F

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

−292.8

2016→2021

Steel Huggers LLC injury rate improved

Steel Huggers LLC's TCR fell 292.8 from 307.7 in 2016 to 14.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 307.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=307.7 · 2017=5.9 · 2018=19.2 · 2019=15.4 · 2021=14.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · Mead, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.8 · 495% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #24/27
  • PHOTO Integrity Iron, LLC
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Integrity Iron, LLC (0.1 TCR gap)

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Steel Huggers LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Steel Huggers LLC averages 13.8 TCR (495% 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

Steel Huggers LLC TCR series: 2016=307.7 · 2017=5.9 · 2018=19.2 · 2019=15.4 · 2021=14.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Steel Huggers LLC falls in its industry

705 Structural steel erecting or i establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 27 Structural steel erecting or i employers in Colorado.

Steel Huggers LLC (45 employees, TCR 13.8) 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Steel Huggers LLC
Steel Huggers LLC (45 employees, TCR 13.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Steel Huggers LLC has fewer employees than the Structural steel erecting or iron work c median and a higher 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
2021 14.8 4.2 7 0 0
2019 15.4 7.7 8 0 0
2018 19.2 8.6 9 0 0
2017 5.9 0.0 2 0 0
2016 307.7 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · CO · Mead

705 Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 6 employers in Mead, CO · 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 Integrity Iron, LLC 13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chicago Decking, Inc. 13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shope Concrete, LLC. 13.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Buffalo Welding, Inc. 13.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Proctor Division 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE ACA Pit 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Onward Energy Corporate Denver 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Evergreen Service Center-500 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mead 159 FTE
CITY-NEAR Boulder Scientific Company 155 FTE
CITY-NEAR North Denver CO FXFE-NDV 141 FTE
CITY-NEAR Burnt Mountain Services LLC 39 FTE
NAT-TCR Hydraulic Tubes & Fittings, LL 13.8 TCR
NAT-TCR White Block Company, Inc. 13.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Rittenhouse Senior Living at Valparaiso 13.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Murray Hill Tower 13.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Southeast Restoration Group, Inc 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Peitzmeier Demolition Shop 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Phoenix - North Black Canyon 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Main Office 45 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: 2021, 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.