Metal powder and flake made from purchased iron or steel · Tennessee

Steward Advanced Materials

Chattanooga, TN · ~46 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Steward Advanced Materials runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Metal powder and flake made from purchased iron or steel workplace, earning a grade B.

Steward Advanced Materials: 1.8 TCR = 55% of Metal powder and flake made from purchased iron or steel BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Steward Advanced Materials safety composite

Steward Advanced Materials scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

Steward Advanced Materials: 0.6 → 3.4 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.93× in 2024

Steward Advanced Materials's TCR rose 2.7 from 0.6 in 2018 to 3.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.93× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331221 · Chattanooga, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 55% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #1/10
  • PHOTO Ulbrich Specialty Wi…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ulbrich Specialty Wire Products (0.0 TCR gap)

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Steward Advanced Materials in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Steward Advanced Materials averages 1.8 TCR (55% of the Metal powder and flake made from purchased iron or steel BLS benchmark).

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

Steward Advanced Materials TCR series: 2018=0.6 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Steward Advanced Materials falls in its industry

206 Metal powder and flake made fr establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 10 Metal powder and flake made fr employers in Tennessee.

Steward Advanced Materials (46 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Steward Advanced Materials
Steward Advanced Materials (46 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Steward Advanced Materials has fewer employees than the Metal powder and flake made from purchas median and a lower 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
2024 3.4 1.7 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2019 4.3 4.3 2 0 0
2018 0.6 0.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331221 · TN · Chattanooga

206 Metal powder and flake made from purchased iron or steel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 695 employers in Chattanooga, TN · 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 Ulbrich Specialty Wire Products 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Coilplus Texas 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nucor Skyline 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR JSW Steel (USA) Inc. 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Benton County Electric 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gibson County Utility District 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE 670 South Cooper Street 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE JBS Energy Solutions, LLC 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA COKE 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA FOOD 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR USXpress 7,385 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cardiology GB 6,606 FTE
NAT-TCR Landmark Hospitals 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Worc Southbridge Street-Ma61 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Genesis Concrete 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Matrix Design LLC 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 462 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 089 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 065 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Red Oak 46 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: 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.