Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Nebraska
Vulcraft Nebraska
Norfolk, NE · ~460 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Vulcraft Nebraska runs at 30% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Vulcraft Nebraska: 1.0 TCR = 30% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Vulcraft Nebraska safety composite
Vulcraft Nebraska scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).
58/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.99 per 100 workers
Safer than 92% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.68 per 100 workers
Safer than 61% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 1% 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
Vulcraft Nebraska: 0.5 → 0.9 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 2.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.69× in 2024
Vulcraft Nebraska's TCR rose 0.4 from 0.5 in 2016 to 0.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332312 · Norfolk, NE AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 30% of ind
- DART 0.7 DART
- RANK #3/18
- PHOTO M.W. SAUSSE & CO., I…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 40 inj
- SIZE ~460 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: M.W. SAUSSE & CO., INC. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Vulcraft Nebraska in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Vulcraft Nebraska
1 TCR
- M.W. SAUSSE &
M.W. SAUSSE & CO., INC.
1 TCR
- SME Steel Fabr
SME Steel Fabrication Shop Utah
1 TCR
- Veritas Steel
Veritas Steel LLC
1 TCR
- New Orleans Ir
New Orleans Iron Works, L.L.C.
1 TCR
What this shows Vulcraft Nebraska averages 1.0 TCR (30% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Vulcraft Nebraska TCR series: 2016=0.5 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=0.7 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=2 · 2023=0 · 2024=0.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Vulcraft Nebraska falls in its industry
1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishmentsSafer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.
Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 18 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Nebraska.
Vulcraft Nebraska 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 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332312 · NE · Norfolk
1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 87 employers in Norfolk, NE · 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 | M.W. SAUSSE & CO., INC. | 1.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SME Steel Fabrication Shop Utah | 1.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Veritas Steel LLC | 1.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | New Orleans Iron Works, L.L.C. | 1.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | MG Waldbaum (Main Plant) | 463 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | STA-Omaha (NEB-000) | 464 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Waverly Plant | 465 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Exmark Manufacturing Co Inc | 465 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Faith Regional Health Services West Campus | 823 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Nucor Steel Nebraska | 506 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AWG, Norfolk | 493 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AWG - NORFOLK | 430 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | ABB Installation Products, Inc. | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Limon Office | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Craftmark Solid Surfaces, Inc | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | McClure's Pickles LLC | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ally Consulting LLC | 460 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sysco Riverside | 460 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Baker Hughes Woodlands Drill Bits | 460 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | SMG | 460 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.