Steel merchant wholesalers · Virginia
Steel Services, Inc. Ashland
Ashland, VA · ~30 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 12.2
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Steel Services, Inc. Ashland runs at 553% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Steel merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Steel Services, Inc. Ashland: 12.2 TCR = 553% of Steel merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Steel Services, Inc. Ashland safety composite
Steel Services, Inc. Ashland scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).
15/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 12.17 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 14.28 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% 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
Steel Services, Inc. Ashland: 12.0 → 17.9 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 19.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.17× in 2024
Steel Services, Inc. Ashland's TCR rose 5.9 from 12.0 in 2018 to 17.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 19.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423510 · Ashland, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 12.2 · 553% of ind
- DART 14.3 DART
- RANK #15/17
- PHOTO Northwest Steel and …
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 19 inj
- SIZE ~30 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Northwest Steel and Pipe, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Steel Services, Inc. Ashland in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- The Steel Work
The Steel Works, LLC
12.3 TCR
- This site
Steel Services, Inc. Ashland
12.2 TCR
- Northwest Stee
Northwest Steel and Pipe, Inc.
12.2 TCR
- B&M Metals
B&M Metals
12.2 TCR
- Jordan Wire Ro
Jordan Wire Rope
12 TCR
What this shows Steel Services, Inc. Ashland averages 12.2 TCR (553% of the Steel merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Steel Services, Inc. Ashland TCR series: 2018=12 · 2019=8.9 · 2020=3.1 · 2023=19 · 2024=17.9 · BLS 2.2
Where Steel Services, Inc. Ashland falls in its industry
1,299 Steel merchant wholesalers establishmentsSafer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 17 Steel merchant wholesalers employers in Virginia.
Steel Services, Inc. Ashland has fewer employees than the Steel merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 | 17.9 | 14.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423510 · VA · Ashland
1,299 Steel merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 134 employers in Ashland, VA · 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 | Northwest Steel and Pipe, Inc. | 12.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | B&M Metals | 12.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | The Steel Works, LLC | 12.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Jordan Wire Rope | 12.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | NAES : Altavista Power Station | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Northwest River Water Treatment Plant | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Utilities - Wastewater Collections | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | First Class Contracting of Tidewater, LLC | 30 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon Transportation Services : RIC5 | 1,187 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - RIC5 | 1,077 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1730 RNDC-ASHLAND | 486 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4609-1730 | 468 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0699 Algonquin | 12.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Amazon.com Services LLC - DTU6 | 12.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | OEM Fabricators Inc. - Phillips | 12.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lewisberry DC | 12.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Contemporary Watercrafters, Inc. | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | VCSS Grass Valley | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Reliance Pork, LLC | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Southern States, LLC | 30 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.