Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers · Texas

Austin Metal & IRON

Name: Austin Metal & IRON Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Austin, TX · ~36 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Austin Metal & IRON runs at 57% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Austin Metal & IRON: 1.3 TCR = 57% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Austin Metal & IRON safety composite

Austin Metal & IRON scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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).

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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

Austin Metal & IRON: 0.0 → 2.5 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 2.5 TCR · DART/TCR 2.01× in 2023

Austin Metal & IRON's TCR rose 2.5 from 0.0 in 2021 to 2.5 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 2.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Austin, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.3 · 57% of ind

DART 2.5 DART
RANK #20/101
PHOTO SA Recycling, Phenix…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SA Recycling, Phenix City (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.3
SA Recycling,

1.3
CMC Recycling

1.3
PADNOS Front S

1.3
SMM Group Vera

1.3

What this shows Austin Metal & IRON averages 1.3 TCR (57% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Austin Metal & IRON TCR series: 2021=0 · 2023=2.5 · BLS 2.2

Where Austin Metal & IRON falls in its industry

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 101 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Texas.

Austin Metal & IRON (36 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Austin Metal & IRON has fewer employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal 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
2023	2.5	2.5	1	0	0
2021	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · TX · Austin

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 1,645 employers in Austin, TX · 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	SA Recycling, Phenix City	PHENIX CITY, GA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CMC Recycling San Antonio East	SAN ANTONIO, TX	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PADNOS Front Street Division	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SMM Group Vera Street	BALTIMORE, MD	1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	FRONTIER FEED YARD	SPEARMAN	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Paco Feedyard	FRIONA	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Coyote Lake Feedyard Inc.	MULESHOE	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Unlimited Contract Services Waelder	WAELDER	36 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ensign Services	Austin	11,325 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NA-US-TX-Austin-Giga Texas	Austin	8,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6017-Loc: CORP LOC - US Austin	Austin	6,911 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6017-CORP LOC - USA UNITED STATES - AST	Austin	5,272 FTE
NAT-TCR	Color-Art Palette Inc	St Louis, MO	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Merrimack	Merrimack, NH	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Medtronic Heart Valve, Inc.	Santa Ana, CA	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Filtration : Holly Springs	Holly Springs, MS	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Arc Allegany-Steuben-East Main	Wellsville, NY	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Antelope VLL Site Office	Los Lunas, NM	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ELECTRIC	Grantsburg, WI	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Metal Sales MC - Bay City	Bay City, MI	36 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, 2021. 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.