Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · North Dakota

TrueNorth Steel-Fargo

Fargo, ND · ~121 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

TrueNorth Steel-Fargo runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

TrueNorth Steel-Fargo: 4.5 TCR = 135% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

TrueNorth Steel-Fargo safety composite

TrueNorth Steel-Fargo scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−3.3

2016→2021

TrueNorth Steel-Fargo injury rate improved

TrueNorth Steel-Fargo's TCR fell 3.3 from 6.0 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.0 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=5.7 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Fargo, ND ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 135% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/9
  • PHOTO PSP Industries
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~121 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PSP Industries (0.0 TCR gap)

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TrueNorth Steel-Fargo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows TrueNorth Steel-Fargo averages 4.5 TCR (135% 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

TrueNorth Steel-Fargo TCR series: 2016=6 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=5.7 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=2.7 · BLS 3.3

Where TrueNorth Steel-Fargo falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 9 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in North Dakota.

TrueNorth Steel-Fargo (121 employees, TCR 4.5) 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 TrueNorth Steel-Fargo
TrueNorth Steel-Fargo (121 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

TrueNorth Steel-Fargo 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
2021 2.7 0.0 3 0 0
2020 5.7 1.6 7 0 0
2019 3.5 1.4 5 0 0
2018 5.7 4.2 8 0 0
2017 3.3 1.7 4 0 0
2016 6.0 1.7 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · ND · Fargo

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,696 rated employers in North Dakota with headcount on file · 415 employers in Fargo, ND · 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 PSP Industries 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR FEI, LTD 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jennmar 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kress Corporation 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Opp Construction 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4054-ABS-0030-0030-00028 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Watford City 122 FTE
STATE-SIZE Neset Consulting Service Inc 122 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,Fargo-Medical Center-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 2,963 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,FARGO - North Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 2,722 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,FARGO - Fargo Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 2,568 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,Fargo-Broadway Hospital-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 2,547 FTE
NAT-TCR Paragon Potato Farm - Bancroft 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR ERI 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Ohio Alpha EMC 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Nichols Pistachio 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Baybrooke SNF Operations, LLC 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Compco Quaker Manufacturing 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Glen Ellyn 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Azria Health Montclair 121 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, 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.