Metals service centers · Ohio

Universal Steel

Name: Universal Steel Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Cleveland, OH · ~64 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Universal Steel runs at 103% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade C.

Universal Steel: 2.3 TCR = 103% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Universal Steel safety composite

Universal Steel scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers
DART rate: D 3.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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: 1.5 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.33× in 2024

Universal Steel's TCR rose 1.5 from 1.5 in 2023 to 3.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Cleveland, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.3 · 103% of ind

DART 3.0 DART
RANK #42/130
PHOTO Chicago Tube and Iro…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chicago Tube and Iron Company Romeoville Fabrication (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.3
Chicago Tube a

2.3
Heidtman Steel

2.3
Friedman Decat

2.3
Copper and Bra

2.3

What this shows Universal Steel averages 2.3 TCR (103% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

Universal Steel TCR series: 2023=1.5 · 2024=3 · BLS 2.2

Where Universal Steel falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 130 Metals service centers employers in Ohio.

Universal Steel (64 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Universal Steel has more employees than the Metals service centers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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	3.0	3.0	2	0	0
2023	1.5	1.5	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · OH · Cleveland

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 922 employers in Cleveland, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Chicago Tube and Iron Company Romeoville Fabrication	ROMEOVILLE, IL	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Heidtman Steel Products Inc.-Butler Sheet	BUTLER, IN	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Friedman Decatur	DECATUR, AL	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Copper and Brass Sales - Fresno	FRESNO, CA	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Wm. A. Natorp Company	MASON	64 FTE
STATE-SIZE	TIMBUK FARMS INC	GRANVILLE	64 FTE
STATE-SIZE	GreenTop Acres, LLC	HAVILAND	64 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Chillicothe Service Center	CHILLICOTHE	64 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cleveland Clinic Main Campus	Cleveland	25,629 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland	20,763 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cleveland Medical Center	Cleveland	10,377 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SILCO FIRE & SECURITY - CLEVELAND	Cleveland	3,641 FTE
NAT-TCR	Zeigler Lincolnwood	Lincolnwood, IL	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	J&J Snack Foods	Pennsauken, NJ	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cytozyme Laboratories Inc.	South Salt Lake City, UT	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Carpet Bonanza	Zeeland, MI	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Cp Feeds LLC	Valders, WI	64 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tebbens Steel LLC	Calverton, NY	64 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bravo Company USA, Inc	Hartland, WI	64 FTE
NAT-SIZE	148 Cahokia	Cahokia, IL	64 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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