Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors · California

Whitmore Steel Inc.

Spring Valley, CA · ~23 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Whitmore Steel Inc. runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Whitmore Steel Inc.: 2.0 TCR = 72% of Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Whitmore Steel Inc. safety composite

Whitmore Steel Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).

C

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.2

2017→2024

Whitmore Steel Inc. injury rate improved

Whitmore Steel Inc.'s TCR fell 3.2 from 3.2 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 5.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.2 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=5.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · Spring Valley, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 72% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #23/96
  • PHOTO Berlin Steel - PA Of…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Berlin Steel - PA Office (0.0 TCR gap)

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Whitmore Steel Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Whitmore Steel Inc. averages 2.0 TCR (72% of the Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Whitmore Steel Inc. TCR series: 2017=3.2 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=0 · 2020=5 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Whitmore Steel Inc. falls in its industry

705 Structural steel erecting or i establishments

Safer than 75% 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 #23 safest of 96 Structural steel erecting or i employers in California.

Whitmore Steel Inc. (23 employees, TCR 2.0) 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 Whitmore Steel Inc.
Whitmore Steel Inc. (23 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Whitmore Steel Inc. has fewer employees than the Structural steel erecting or iron work c 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 4.8 4.8 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 5.0 5.0 0 1 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.1 0.0 1 0 0
2017 3.2 3.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · CA · Spring Valley

705 Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 56 employers in Spring Valley, 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 Berlin Steel - PA Office 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Searcy Construction Services, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR McMahon Steel Company Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR JPW Erectors, Inc. 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE James Diedrich Farms 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-Fanucchi Farms,LLC 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE KAN2 - 04 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kyer Farms 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 368 1,170 FTE
CITY-NEAR Covenant Living at Mount Miguel 230 FTE
CITY-NEAR MOUNT MIGUEL COVENANT VILLAGE 226 FTE
CITY-NEAR Casper Company 180 FTE
NAT-TCR Clauss Construction Las Vegas 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Midlantic Marking Inc 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR D.A. Nolt, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Laurens CPW 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Salina 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3050 Keystone E. Peoria 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Savannah Fabrication Shop 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Robbinsville, NC 23 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.