Steel merchant wholesalers · Minnesota

West Central Steel, Inc.

Willmar, MN · ~121 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Central Steel, Inc. runs at 420% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Steel merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

West Central Steel, Inc.: 9.3 TCR = 420% of Steel merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Central Steel, Inc. safety composite

West Central Steel, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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

−13.4

2017→2024

West Central Steel, Inc. injury rate improved

West Central Steel, Inc.'s TCR fell 13.4 from 16.9 in 2017 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 16.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=16.9 · 2018=14.0 · 2019=6.9 · 2020=10.1 · 2021=9.0 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Willmar, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.3 · 420% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #16/18
  • PHOTO MN Coil
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 73 inj
  • SIZE ~121 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MN Coil (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Central Steel, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Central Steel, Inc. averages 9.3 TCR (420% of the Steel merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

West Central Steel, Inc. TCR series: 2017=16.9 · 2018=14 · 2019=6.9 · 2020=10.1 · 2021=9 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 2.2

Where West Central Steel, Inc. falls in its industry

1,299 Steel merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 18 Steel merchant wholesalers employers in Minnesota.

West Central Steel, Inc. (121 employees, TCR 9.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate West Central Steel, Inc.
West Central Steel, Inc. (121 employees, TCR 9.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

West Central Steel, Inc. has more employees than the Steel merchant wholesalers median and a higher 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 3.5 0.9 4 0 0
2023 4.4 0.0 5 1 0
2021 9.0 4.8 11 2 0
2020 10.1 7.8 11 2 0
2019 6.9 1.5 9 0 0
2018 14.0 6.2 15 3 0
2017 16.9 5.6 18 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · MN · Willmar

1,299 Steel merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 154 employers in Willmar, MN · 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 MN Coil 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Earle M. Jorgensen Company Cleveland Plate Center 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Austin AUS 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chicago Temtco CIL 9.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Civil Group 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE PW-Transportation Project Delivery 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Meyer Contracting Inc. 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Johnson Anderson 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR Willmar Avenue Plant 1,205 FTE
CITY-NEAR Willmar Ave Plant 1,096 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carris Health Rice Hospital 848 FTE
CITY-NEAR CentraCare Rice Memorial Hospital 742 FTE
NAT-TCR 1378 - Ocean Township 9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 2174 - Conyers 9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 0941 - Hollister 9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 0612 - Springfield 9.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Barnes Bullets - Mona, LLC 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Div 20 Anchorage 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baystate Delivery Inc 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lectrosonics Inc 121 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, 2021, 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.