Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing · Tennessee

Superior Steel Inc

Name: Superior Steel Inc Workplace Safety Data
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Knoxville, TN · ~250 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Superior Steel Inc runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Superior Steel Inc: 2.7 TCR = 82% of Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Superior Steel Inc safety composite

Superior Steel Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% 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).

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.92 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

Superior Steel Inc: 1.5 → 2.2 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 4.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.71× in 2020

Superior Steel Inc's TCR rose 0.7 from 1.5 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Knoxville, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 82% of ind

DART 1.9 DART
RANK #11/40
PHOTO PA35 AMETEK SMP EIGH…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 41 inj
SIZE ~250 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PA35 AMETEK SMP EIGHTY FOUR (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Superior Steel Inc averages 2.7 TCR (82% of the Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Superior Steel Inc TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=4.8 · 2020=2.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Superior Steel Inc falls in its industry

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 40 Structural steel, fabricated, employers in Tennessee.

Superior Steel Inc (250 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Superior Steel Inc has more employees than the Structural steel, fabricated, manufactur 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
2020	2.2	1.9	7	0
2019	4.8	4.5	15	1
2018	3.2	1.6	10	0
2017	1.7	1.0	5	0
2016	1.5	1.5	4	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · TN · Knoxville

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 747 employers in Knoxville, TN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	PA35 AMETEK SMP EIGHTY FOUR	EIGHTY FOUR, PA	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	W&W\|AFCO Steel Greeley	GREELEY, CO	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CMC Rebar Tampa	PLANT CITY, FL	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Alliance Steel	OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, OK	2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Clayton Savannah	SAVANNAH	250 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Jackson Novolex Plant	JACKSON	250 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Morgan Steel LLC	MEMPHIS	250 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Clayton Homes Savannah	SAVANNAH	250 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cellular Sales Services Group LLC	Knoxville	6,387 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University Health System, Inc	Knoxville	5,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Functional Pathways of TN LLC	Knoxville	2,258 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HES Facilities Services K-12	Knoxville	2,157 FTE
NAT-TCR	Maxwell Pointe Practices	Greenville, SC	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	MO KirkJami	Kirksville, MO	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Food Safety Net Services, Ltd. - San Antonio Lab	San Antonio, TX	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ottawa	Ottawa, OH	2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Double L Building	Freeport, ME	250 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Palm Beach Marriott Singer Island Beach Resort & Spa	Singer Island-Rivera Beach, FL	250 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Wabtec Corporation	Wilmerding, PA	250 FTE
NAT-SIZE	GREENTHUMB	Albany, NY	250 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.