Manufacturing building construction · Mississippi

U S Metal Works, Inc.

Liberty, MS · ~32 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

U S Metal Works, Inc. runs at 183% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Manufacturing building construction workplace, earning a grade D.

U S Metal Works, Inc.: 5.3 TCR = 183% of Manufacturing building construction BLS 2.9 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

U S Metal Works, Inc. safety composite

U S Metal Works, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.83 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%).

Rising injury rate

U S Metal Works, Inc.: 2.8 → 7.8 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 7.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.47× in 2018

U S Metal Works, Inc.'s TCR rose 5.0 from 2.8 in 2017 to 7.8 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236210 · Liberty, MS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 183% of ind

  • DART 7.8 DART
  • RANK #8/8
  • PHOTO Coastal Waste & Recy…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Coastal Waste & Recycling of Broward County, LLC (0.1 TCR gap)

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U S Metal Works, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows U S Metal Works, Inc. averages 5.3 TCR (183% of the Manufacturing building construction BLS benchmark).

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

U S Metal Works, Inc. TCR series: 2017=2.8 · 2018=7.8 · BLS 2.9

Where U S Metal Works, Inc. falls in its industry

924 Manufacturing building constru establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 8 Manufacturing building constru employers in Mississippi.

U S Metal Works, Inc. (32 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate U S Metal Works, Inc.
U S Metal Works, Inc. (32 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 1.6

U S Metal Works, Inc. has fewer employees than the Manufacturing building construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2018 7.8 7.8 1 2 0
2017 2.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236210 · MS · Liberty

924 Manufacturing building construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 6 employers in Liberty, MS · 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 Coastal Waste & Recycling of Broward County, LLC 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valdosta Office 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Progressive Foam Technologies Beach City 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR PBi 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Laurel Hatchery 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hatchery 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Hebron 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cleveland Network 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Air Cruisers / Dix Dr Building 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR Greentree Lumber 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Air Cruisers Company / Vest Plant 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Air Cruisers Company / Dix Drive 34 FTE
NAT-TCR 0432 - Blackwood, Nj 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Chicago Distribution Center 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR NSK11 - North Sky - Sherwood 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Giffin Interior & Fixture Inc. 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 0052 - Everett, Wa 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0036 - Tucson, Az 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alliance Industries - Marinette 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roofing Contractor 32 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: 2018, 2017. 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.