Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing · California

SWS Panel & Truss, INC.

South Gate, CA · ~34 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SWS Panel & Truss, INC. runs at 392% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

SWS Panel & Truss, INC.: 12.9 TCR = 392% of Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SWS Panel & Truss, INC. safety composite

SWS Panel & Truss, INC. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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).

F

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

−3.1

2017→2021

SWS Panel & Truss, INC. injury rate improved

SWS Panel & Truss, INC.'s TCR fell 3.1 from 16.5 in 2017 to 13.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 197.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=16.5 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=197.5 · 2020=21.9 · 2021=13.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332311 · South Gate, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.9 · 392% of ind

  • DART 10.0 DART
  • RANK #18/19
  • PHOTO ZModular
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ZModular (0.1 TCR gap)

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SWS Panel & Truss, INC. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SWS Panel & Truss, INC. averages 12.9 TCR (392% of the Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

SWS Panel & Truss, INC. TCR series: 2017=16.5 · 2018=0 · 2019=197.5 · 2020=21.9 · 2021=13.4 · BLS 3.3

Where SWS Panel & Truss, INC. falls in its industry

393 Buildings, prefabricated metal establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 19 Buildings, prefabricated metal employers in California.

SWS Panel & Truss, INC. (34 employees, TCR 12.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 75 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate SWS Panel & Truss, INC.
SWS Panel & Truss, INC. (34 employees, TCR 12.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 75 employees and a TCR of 4.1

SWS Panel & Truss, INC. has fewer employees than the Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufact median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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
2021 13.4 10.0 3 1 0
2020 21.9 3.1 5 2 0
2019 197.5 197.5 4 4 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 16.5 16.5 3 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332311 · CA · South Gate

393 Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 75 employers in South Gate, CA · 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 ZModular 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ron's Portable Buildings 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR The SESOLINC Group 12.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carrara Steel 13.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ardent Mills Yuba City 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Filice Farms, L.P. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alexander Ranch, Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE MFarms 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ono-027 908 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Gate, CA - 5650 Southern 792 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3180 587 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3180 573 FTE
NAT-TCR 6458-ZCRP 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Highland Oaks 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Tft#518 East Haven Warehouse 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Boyd Metals Transportation llc 12.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE TSC Houston 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mechanical Solutions Englewood 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Styrene Products, Inc. - Arcadia WI 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fingerlakes Construction 34 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.