General-line scrap merchant wholesalers · Iowa
Alter Metal Recycling - Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA · ~47 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 4.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Alter Metal Recycling - Council Bluffs runs at 203% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General-line scrap merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Alter Metal Recycling - Council Bluffs: 4.5 TCR = 203% of General-line scrap merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Alter Metal Recycling - Council Bluffs safety composite
Alter Metal Recycling - Council Bluffs scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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).
47/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.46 per 100 workers
Safer than 44% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.88 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Alter Metal Recycling - Council Bluffs: 5.2 → 5.7 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 7.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.42× in 2023
Alter Metal Recycling - Council Bluffs's TCR rose 0.4 from 5.2 in 2016 to 5.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423930 · Council Bluffs, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 4.5 · 203% of ind
- DART 1.9 DART
- RANK #7/20
- PHOTO SMC Corinth
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~47 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: SMC Corinth (0.0 TCR gap)
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Alter Metal Recycling - Council Bluffs in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Alter Metal Recycling - Council Bluffs
4.5 TCR
- SMC Corinth
SMC Corinth
4.5 TCR
- PADNOS Holland
PADNOS Holland Division
4.5 TCR
- PnP Summit
PnP Summit
4.5 TCR
- BASF Corporati
BASF Corporation - Converse
4.5 TCR
What this shows Alter Metal Recycling - Council Bluffs averages 4.5 TCR (203% of the General-line scrap merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Alter Metal Recycling - Council Bluffs TCR series: 2016=5.2 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=7.9 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=5.7 · BLS 2.2
Where Alter Metal Recycling - Council Bluffs falls in its industry
1,126 General-line scrap merchant wh establishmentsSafer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 20 General-line scrap merchant wh employers in Iowa.
Alter Metal Recycling - Council Bluffs has more employees than the General-line scrap merchant wholesalers median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.7 | 1.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.9 | 4.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423930 · IA · Council Bluffs
1,126 General-line scrap merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 165 employers in Council Bluffs, IA · 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 | SMC Corinth | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PADNOS Holland Division | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PnP Summit | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BASF Corporation - Converse | 4.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | DeJong Greenhouse LLC | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | West Des Moines Office | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Goldfield | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Centrum Valley Farms South | 47 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Council Bluffs Case Rdy Plant | 1,486 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 61830022 JENNIE EDMUNDSON MEMORIAL HOSP | 903 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6183-61830022 | 804 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Council Bluffs IA | 742 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Samuels Glass | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Busch's Inc 1038 | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | L.L.Home | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SMC Corinth | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Villas of Holly Brook -Morton | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | HB Rentals - Broussard | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Northern A-1 Services - Whitehall | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Corona Base - Bld: 0672 - 15 | 47 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.