Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Georgia

Universal Steel Inc

Lithonia, GA · ~72 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Universal Steel Inc runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Universal Steel Inc: 3.8 TCR = 115% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Universal Steel Inc safety composite

Universal Steel Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% 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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.89 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

Universal Steel Inc: 1.1 → 3.8 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 8.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.5× in 2024

Universal Steel Inc's TCR rose 2.7 from 1.1 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Lithonia, GA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 115% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #26/51
  • PHOTO Ambassador Steel-St …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ambassador Steel-St Louis Missouri (0.0 TCR gap)

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Universal Steel Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Universal Steel Inc averages 3.8 TCR (115% 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

Universal Steel Inc TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2018=8.2 · 2019=6.8 · 2020=1.3 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Universal Steel Inc falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 51 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Georgia.

Universal Steel Inc (72 employees, TCR 3.8) 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 Universal Steel Inc
Universal Steel Inc (72 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Universal Steel Inc 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
2024 3.8 1.9 2 0 0
2023 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2020 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2019 6.8 4.1 5 0 0
2018 8.2 6.8 6 0 0
2016 1.1 1.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · GA · Lithonia

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 77 employers in Lithonia, GA · 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 Ambassador Steel-St Louis Missouri 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jestex LLC 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Koppers Huntington 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Millennium Building Systems, LLC. - Memphis 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pond Constructors, Inc. 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Shallowford Operating - 4404 North Shallowford Rd. 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brunswick Operating and Transmission Maintenance Center 3951 and 3915 Community Rd 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Florida City Gas 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR Emory Hillandale Hospital - EHC 787 FTE
CITY-NEAR Home Chef - Atlanta GA 704 FTE
CITY-NEAR T&J Industries Development and Contracting, Inc 651 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dart Container Lithonia 479 FTE
NAT-TCR Sunny Grove Landscaping & Nursery Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Trend Technologies, LLC 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR UHM/CTAHR/ADAP-PADO 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Amanzi Marble & Granite 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE EMS - Pillars of Mankato Sr Lv 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southdale Medical Center 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southdale Phys Bldg IAM RX 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE FV Clinics-Elk River 72 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.