Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · South Carolina

Steelworks of the Carolinas

Piedmont, SC · ~100 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Steelworks of the Carolinas runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Steelworks of the Carolinas: 2.3 TCR = 70% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Steelworks of the Carolinas safety composite

Steelworks of the Carolinas scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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)
B 2.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

Steelworks of the Carolinas: 2.0 → 2.7 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 2.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.15× in 2022

Steelworks of the Carolinas's TCR rose 0.7 from 2.0 in 2018 to 2.7 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Piedmont, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 70% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #8/22
  • PHOTO American Steel & Alu…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~100 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: American Steel & Aluminum Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Steelworks of the Carolinas in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Steelworks of the Carolinas averages 2.3 TCR (70% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Steelworks of the Carolinas TCR series: 2018=2 · 2022=2.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Steelworks of the Carolinas falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 22 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in South Carolina.

Steelworks of the Carolinas (100 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Steelworks of the Carolinas
Steelworks of the Carolinas (100 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Steelworks of the Carolinas has more employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2022 2.7 2.7 3 0 0
2018 2.0 2.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · SC · Piedmont

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 71 employers in Piedmont, SC · 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 American Steel & Aluminum Co., Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Granite State Manufacturing 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harris Rebar - Lumberton North Carolina 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elite Metal Decking Inc. 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corley 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE SC Pet Food Solutions 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4043 Spartanburg Sheet Plant 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbia (State Printing) 100 FTE
CITY-NEAR Drive Automotive Industries of America 1,325 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Blood Connection 657 FTE
CITY-NEAR PL Developments - OGR Plant 591 FTE
CITY-NEAR C453 Greenville 372 FTE
NAT-TCR KLS WP Orlando 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Rio All-Suite Las Vegas Hotel & Casino 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Hunters Crossing Place M C 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Rhyme - Portage 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wistron GreenTech (Texas) Corporation 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Villa at Lincoln Park 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bay Shore Systems, Inc. 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Superior Grocers #116 100 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: 2022, 2018. 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.