Metals service centers · Ohio

Steel Technologies Ottawa

Ottawa, OH · ~96 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Steel Technologies Ottawa runs at 147% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade D.

Steel Technologies Ottawa: 3.2 TCR = 147% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Steel Technologies Ottawa safety composite

Steel Technologies Ottawa scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.9

2016→2023

Steel Technologies Ottawa injury rate improved

Steel Technologies Ottawa's TCR fell 1.9 from 4.2 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.2 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Ottawa, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.2 · 147% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #59/130
  • PHOTO Phoenix Metals Compa…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~96 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Phoenix Metals Company Location #41 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Steel Technologies Ottawa in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Steel Technologies Ottawa averages 3.2 TCR (147% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

Steel Technologies Ottawa TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=2.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Steel Technologies Ottawa falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #59 safest of 130 Metals service centers employers in Ohio.

Steel Technologies Ottawa (96 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Steel Technologies Ottawa
Steel Technologies Ottawa (96 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Steel Technologies Ottawa has more employees than the Metals service centers median and a lower 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
2023 2.3 1.1 2 0 0
2022 3.1 3.1 3 0 0
2021 3.3 1.1 3 0 0
2020 2.1 0.0 2 0 0
2019 2.6 0.9 3 0 0
2018 4.8 2.4 6 0 0
2017 3.5 1.7 4 0 0
2016 4.2 1.7 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · OH · Ottawa

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 19 employers in Ottawa, OH · 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 Phoenix Metals Company Location #41 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jim's Steel Supply, LLC 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR JMS Russel Metals Corp - Jackson 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Feralloy Charleston Division Loc'n # 331 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Layer Site 1 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE YOUNGSTOWN SHOP 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Archiable Electric Company 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Electric Company - Cincinnati 96 FTE
CITY-NEAR Whirlpool Corporation 503 FTE
CITY-NEAR Whirlpool Corporation - Ottawa Operations 471 FTE
CITY-NEAR Whirlpool Corporation- Ottawa 440 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2542 223 FTE
NAT-TCR The Doolittle Home, Inc. 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 4223-M2400 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Commerce City Co Plant 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Fleetlogix - Massachusetts AVBO 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Aireko Construction LLC 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eldorado Artesian Springs Inc 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE The ALC Group 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Los Angeles-Main Street 96 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.