General-line scrap merchant wholesalers · Iowa

Alter Metal Recycling - Waterloo

Name: Alter Metal Recycling - Waterloo Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Waterloo, IA · ~19 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 11.6
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Alter Metal Recycling - Waterloo runs at 526% 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 - Waterloo: 11.6 TCR = 526% of General-line scrap merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Alter Metal Recycling - Waterloo safety composite

Alter Metal Recycling - Waterloo scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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).

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 11.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−13.0

2016→2020

Alter Metal Recycling - Waterloo injury rate improved

Alter Metal Recycling - Waterloo's TCR fell 13.0 from 18.1 in 2016 to 5.1 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 18.1 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=18.1 · 2020=5.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Waterloo, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.6 · 526% of ind

DART 5.1 DART
RANK #17/20
PHOTO TOMRA MASS, LLC
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TOMRA MASS, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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11.7
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11.6
TOMRA MASS, LL

11.6
JT Container,

11.6
Tri Rinse, Inc

11.5

What this shows Alter Metal Recycling - Waterloo averages 11.6 TCR (526% of the General-line scrap merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Alter Metal Recycling - Waterloo TCR series: 2016=18.1 · 2020=5.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Alter Metal Recycling - Waterloo falls in its industry

1,126 General-line scrap merchant wh establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 20 General-line scrap merchant wh employers in Iowa.

Alter Metal Recycling - Waterloo (19 employees, TCR 11.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Alter Metal Recycling - Waterloo has fewer 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
2020	5.1	5.1	1	0	0
2016	18.1	4.5	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IA · Waterloo

1,126 General-line scrap merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 172 employers in Waterloo, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	TOMRA MASS, LLC	NEW BEDFORD, MA	11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Tri Rinse, Inc. - St. Louis Plant (Corporate)	SAINT LOUIS, MO	11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	JT Container, Inc.	ELYRIA, OH	11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Colt Recycling, LLC Continental Blvd	MERRIMACK, NH	11.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	United Farmers Cooperative (Creston #1)	CRESTON	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Corteva Johnston Campus - JH15 Soybean Growth Chamber Building	JOHNSTON	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Midland Power Cooperative	BOONE	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	main	GLIDDEN	19 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Black Hawk County Extension	Waterloo	4,790 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Waterloo Pork Plant	Waterloo	2,801 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UnityPoint	Waterloo	2,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR	JD Waterloo Tractor and Cab Assembly Operations	Waterloo	1,605 FTE
NAT-TCR	BWS-Kalihi	Honolulu, HI	11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Miami Valley Polishing, LLC	Piqua, OH	11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mitchell Metal Products	Merrill, WI	11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	PWI 2 - Monroe	Monroe, LA	11.6 TCR

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: 2020, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.