General-line scrap merchant wholesalers · Minnesota

Alter Metal Recycling - Anoka

Anoka, MN · ~33 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Alter Metal Recycling - Anoka runs at 175% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General-line scrap merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Alter Metal Recycling - Anoka: 3.9 TCR = 175% of General-line scrap merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Alter Metal Recycling - Anoka safety composite

Alter Metal Recycling - Anoka scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51%), 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−5.3

2016→2024

Alter Metal Recycling - Anoka injury rate improved

Alter Metal Recycling - Anoka's TCR fell 5.3 from 5.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.3 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=5.1 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=5.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Anoka, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.9 · 175% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/15
  • PHOTO ELG Metals - Port Vue
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ELG Metals - Port Vue (0.0 TCR gap)

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Alter Metal Recycling - Anoka in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Alter Metal Recycling - Anoka averages 3.9 TCR (175% of the General-line scrap merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Alter Metal Recycling - Anoka TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=5.1 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=5.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Alter Metal Recycling - Anoka falls in its industry

1,126 General-line scrap merchant wh establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 15 General-line scrap merchant wh employers in Minnesota.

Alter Metal Recycling - Anoka (33 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Alter Metal Recycling - Anoka
Alter Metal Recycling - Anoka (33 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Alter Metal Recycling - Anoka has fewer employees than the General-line scrap merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 5.4 5.4 2 0 0
2022 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2021 5.1 2.5 2 0 0
2020 4.9 0.0 2 0 0
2016 5.3 2.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · MN · Anoka

1,126 General-line scrap merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 100 employers in Anoka, 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 ELG Metals - Port Vue 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metro Green Recycling II 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brannon Industrial Group, LLC 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR MTR 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Perham Egg LLC 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gorans Brothers Inc. 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Las Vegas Raiders 17150004 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Loeffler Construction & Consulting 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal Cartridge Company 1,582 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hoffman Enclosures Inc 1,468 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hoffman Industries, LLC 1,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR Educational Service Center 1,095 FTE
NAT-TCR Fisher Auto Parts - LAWRMA 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Luke's Home 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 244/HNL 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Forklifts of Toledo 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE US Ecology Vernon 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE XVL 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE XHM 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Consolidated Electric Cooperative 33 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, 2016. 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.