Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing · North Carolina

Universal Steel of NC LLC

Thomasville, NC · ~26 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Universal Steel of NC LLC runs at 182% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Universal Steel of NC LLC: 6.0 TCR = 182% of Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Universal Steel of NC LLC safety composite

Universal Steel of NC LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

−8.3

2016→2024

Universal Steel of NC LLC injury rate improved

Universal Steel of NC LLC's TCR fell 8.3 from 15.6 in 2016 to 7.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 15.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=15.6 · 2018=4.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=7.3 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=10.2 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=7.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Thomasville, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 182% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #32/41
  • PHOTO SL Chasse Steel
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SL Chasse Steel (0.0 TCR gap)

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Universal Steel of NC LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Universal Steel of NC LLC averages 6.0 TCR (182% of the Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Universal Steel of NC LLC TCR series: 2016=15.6 · 2018=4 · 2019=0 · 2020=7.3 · 2021=0 · 2022=10.2 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=7.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Universal Steel of NC LLC falls in its industry

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 41 Structural steel, fabricated, employers in North Carolina.

Universal Steel of NC LLC (26 employees, TCR 6.0) 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 of NC LLC
Universal Steel of NC LLC (26 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Universal Steel of NC LLC has fewer employees than the Structural steel, fabricated, manufactur median and a higher 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 7.3 3.6 2 0 0
2023 3.7 0.0 1 0 0
2022 10.2 5.1 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 7.3 0.0 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2016 15.6 10.4 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · NC · Thomasville

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 142 employers in Thomasville, NC · 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 SL Chasse Steel 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pro Fab Custom Fabrication and Welding Inc. 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR USF Fabrication, Inc. 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wintech 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE R. A. Wood Farms, Inc. 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Yarbrough Farms LLC 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE SOUTH LNM- EST 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Case Farms Goldsboro Hatchery 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR MRT-ODFL 1,091 FTE
CITY-NEAR CPT-ODFL 908 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center 725 FTE
CITY-NEAR ATL-ODFL 600 FTE
NAT-TCR Wiese Springfield 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Highway Machine Co., Inc. 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Eli Roberts & Sons 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Neo Products Corporation Manufacturing Group 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Monical's Pizza Normal 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Monical's Pizza Mt. Zion 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE 08 Saginaw 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ong Er Stillwater Sc 26 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, 2022, 2021, 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.