Erecting structural steel · California

Valley Iron Works Inc.

Lodi, CA · ~44 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Valley Iron Works Inc. runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Erecting structural steel workplace, earning a grade D.

Valley Iron Works Inc.: 3.6 TCR = 129% of Erecting structural steel BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valley Iron Works Inc. safety composite

Valley Iron Works Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

Valley Iron Works Inc.: 0.0 → 7.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 7.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.69× in 2024

Valley Iron Works Inc.'s TCR rose 7.4 from 0.0 in 2017 to 7.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · Lodi, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.6 · 129% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #41/96
  • PHOTO MWC Group, Inc.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MWC Group, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Valley Iron Works Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Valley Iron Works Inc. averages 3.6 TCR (129% of the Erecting structural steel BLS benchmark).

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

Valley Iron Works Inc. TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=4.2 · 2024=7.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Valley Iron Works Inc. falls in its industry

705 Erecting structural steel establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #41 safest of 96 Erecting structural steel employers in California.

Valley Iron Works Inc. (44 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Valley Iron Works Inc.
Valley Iron Works Inc. (44 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Valley Iron Works Inc. has fewer employees than the Erecting structural steel median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 7.4 2.5 2 1 0
2020 4.2 4.2 2 0 0
2019 4.3 4.3 2 0 0
2018 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · CA · Lodi

705 Erecting structural steel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 140 employers in Lodi, CA · 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 MWC Group, Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR G & J Contracting, Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR L&R STRUCTURAL CORP. INC. 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SUPERIOR POST TENSION LLC 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Firebaugh 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Boutonnet Farms 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Coast Vineyards 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE FESTIVAL FARMS 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Perez Farming Services Inc. 1,145 FTE
CITY-NEAR 9292-AHLM001 - HOSPITAL 1,030 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ono-223 910 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 592 890 FTE
NAT-TCR 064 Austin RDC 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 06001-06-06-TIGARD 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR St John Towers 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Harbor Place at Cottesmore 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE DMK Development Group 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lengefeld Lumber Co. Lp 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE 033 Highway 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rusk Renovations 44 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.