General-line scrap merchant wholesalers · Wisconsin

Alter Metal REcycling - ZM

Name: Alter Metal REcycling - ZM Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Milwaukee, WI · ~21 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.8
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Alter Metal REcycling - ZM runs at 353% 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 - ZM: 7.8 TCR = 353% of General-line scrap merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Alter Metal REcycling - ZM safety composite

Alter Metal REcycling - ZM scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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).

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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 - ZM: 7.3 → 15.8 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 15.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.51× in 2023

Alter Metal REcycling - ZM's TCR rose 8.5 from 7.3 in 2020 to 15.8 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Milwaukee, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.8 · 353% of ind

DART 4.0 DART
RANK #21/25
PHOTO Rome Plant
BOOK 4y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rome Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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7.8
Rome Plant

7.8
N Complete Rec

7.8
West Virginia

7.8
Grade A Auto

7.8

What this shows Alter Metal REcycling - ZM averages 7.8 TCR (353% of the General-line scrap merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Alter Metal REcycling - ZM TCR series: 2020=7.3 · 2021=4 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=15.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Alter Metal REcycling - ZM falls in its industry

1,126 General-line scrap merchant wh establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 25 General-line scrap merchant wh employers in Wisconsin.

Alter Metal REcycling - ZM (21 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Alter Metal REcycling - ZM 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
2023	15.8	4.0	3	1
2022	3.9	0.0	1	0
2021	4.0	4.0	1	0
2020	7.3	0.0	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · WI · Milwaukee

1,126 General-line scrap merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 980 employers in Milwaukee, WI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Rome Plant	ROME, GA	7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	N Complete Recycling Services, LLC	MILWAUKEE, WI	7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	West Virginia Recycling, Inc.	PRINCETON, WV	7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Grade A Auto	LOUISVILLE, KY	7.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Legacy Farms LLC	SHELL LAKE	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Westby	WESTBY	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Inguran LLC (dba STgenetics-Vienna Farms)	DE FOREST	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ALL ENERGY SOLAR MADISON WI	MADISON	21 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center	Milwaukee	7,587 FTE
CITY-NEAR	FROEDTERT HOSPITAL	Milwaukee	7,328 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Milwaukee Hospital	Milwaukee	3,398 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Childrens Hospital - Milw Campus	Milwaukee	2,851 FTE
NAT-TCR	American Red Cross - 39810 Grand River	Novi, MI	7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Texas Insulation- Houston	Houston, TX	7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mountain Shadows	Paradise Valley, AZ	7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Galveston Pier 39	Galveston, TX	7.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Park Ave IRA	Johnstown, NY	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Windsor EMS	Windsor, CT	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Signature Living of Rogersville -ALF	Rogersville, TN	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Wieland Metal Services, LLC (Atlanta)	Atlanta, GA	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.

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