Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · New York

Ben Weitsman & Son of Rochester LLC

Rochester, NY · ~35 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ben Weitsman & Son of Rochester LLC runs at 428% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Ben Weitsman & Son of Rochester LLC: 9.4 TCR = 428% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ben Weitsman & Son of Rochester LLC safety composite

Ben Weitsman & Son of Rochester LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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

−7.4

2019→2022

Ben Weitsman & Son of Rochester LLC injury rate improved

Ben Weitsman & Son of Rochester LLC's TCR fell 7.4 from 15.1 in 2019 to 7.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 15.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=15.1 · 2021=5.4 · 2022=7.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Rochester, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.4 · 428% of ind

  • DART 7.7 DART
  • RANK #32/39
  • PHOTO Interstate Shredding…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Interstate Shredding, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ben Weitsman & Son of Rochester LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ben Weitsman & Son of Rochester LLC averages 9.4 TCR (428% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Ben Weitsman & Son of Rochester LLC TCR series: 2019=15.1 · 2021=5.4 · 2022=7.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Ben Weitsman & Son of Rochester LLC falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 39 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in New York.

Ben Weitsman & Son of Rochester LLC (35 employees, TCR 9.4) 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 Ben Weitsman & Son of Rochester LLC
Ben Weitsman & Son of Rochester LLC (35 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Ben Weitsman & Son of Rochester LLC has fewer employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale 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
2022 7.7 7.7 3 0 0
2021 5.4 0.0 2 0 0
2019 15.1 15.1 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · NY · Rochester

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 956 employers in Rochester, NY · 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 Interstate Shredding, LLC 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hutcherson Metals, Inc. 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eco-Cycle 6400 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alter Metal Recycling - Bettendorf WHS 9.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sandy Knoll Farms, Inc. 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE NY State Solar Farmingdale 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Morgan Facilities 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE RICHTER+RATNER CONTRACTING CORP 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Division 50 University of Rochester 13,244 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rochester General Hospital 7,833 FTE
CITY-NEAR Division 40 University of Rochester 4,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR Unity Hospital 3,158 FTE
NAT-TCR 6458-ZKCL 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 6458-ZDAV 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR TUS-SPF 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Flamco of Texas Inc 9.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE City of Berkeley Custodial 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Liberty Court 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dept. of Corrections (24) 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE MiniTec Automation LLC 35 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: 2022, 2021, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.