General-line scrap merchant wholesalers · Iowa

Alter Metal Recycling ZC

Council Bluffs, IA · ~21 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Alter Metal Recycling ZC runs at 379% 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 ZC: 8.3 TCR = 379% of General-line scrap merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Alter Metal Recycling ZC safety composite

Alter Metal Recycling ZC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

−2.6

2020→2023

Alter Metal Recycling ZC injury rate improved

Alter Metal Recycling ZC's TCR fell 2.6 from 10.7 in 2020 to 8.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 10.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=10.7 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=7.9 · 2023=8.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Council Bluffs, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.3 · 379% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/20
  • PHOTO Sprout Statesville
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sprout Statesville (0.0 TCR gap)

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Alter Metal Recycling ZC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Alter Metal Recycling ZC averages 8.3 TCR (379% 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 ZC TCR series: 2020=10.7 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=7.9 · 2023=8.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Alter Metal Recycling ZC falls in its industry

1,126 General-line scrap merchant wh establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 20 General-line scrap merchant wh employers in Iowa.

Alter Metal Recycling ZC (21 employees, TCR 8.3) 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 ZC
Alter Metal Recycling ZC (21 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Alter Metal Recycling ZC 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
2023 8.2 0.0 2 0 0
2022 7.9 3.9 2 0 0
2021 6.6 3.3 2 0 0
2020 10.7 0.0 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 Sprout Statesville 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Colt Inc 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Riverton 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR PSC Metals Knoxville National Drive 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Audubon Vet Clinic 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Handlos South 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE VALO BioMedia NA, LLC. Adel Farm 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE K & B Ag Supply 21 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 Parks and Recreation 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Montgomery Family Medicine Residency Program 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Alkar Napa 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 16021-Louisville 8.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pilgrim's Feed Mill 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE 9 Grand Rapids 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tec 7 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tec 22 21 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.