Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · New York

Ben Weitsman & Son of Syracuse LLC

Solvay, NY · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ben Weitsman & Son of Syracuse LLC runs at 682% 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 Syracuse LLC: 15.0 TCR = 682% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ben Weitsman & Son of Syracuse LLC safety composite

Ben Weitsman & Son of Syracuse LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 17.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

Ben Weitsman & Son of Syracuse LLC: 12.6 → 17.4 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 17.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.16× in 2022

Ben Weitsman & Son of Syracuse LLC's TCR rose 4.9 from 12.6 in 2021 to 17.4 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 15.0 · 682% of ind

  • DART 17.4 DART
  • RANK #37/39
  • PHOTO Marion Iron Company
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Marion Iron Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ben Weitsman & Son of Syracuse 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 Syracuse LLC averages 15.0 TCR (682% 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 Syracuse LLC TCR series: 2021=12.6 · 2022=17.4 · BLS 2.2

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

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 3% 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 #37 safest of 39 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in New York.

Ben Weitsman & Son of Syracuse LLC (22 employees, TCR 15.0) 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ben Weitsman & Son of Syracuse LLC
Ben Weitsman & Son of Syracuse LLC (22 employees, TCR 15.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Ben Weitsman & Son of Syracuse 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 17.4 17.4 4 0 0
2021 12.6 8.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · NY · Solvay

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 · 8 employers in Solvay, 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 Marion Iron Company 15.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mid City Scrap Iron & Salvage 14.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR AMG Resources - Wheeling, WV 15.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metro Metals Corporation 15.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Turek Farms Management Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Progressive Cattle LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ridgecrest Dairy 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Affinity Agriculture LLC 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Crucible 207 FTE
CITY-NEAR Crucible Industries llc 198 FTE
CITY-NEAR Berry Global - Syracuse, NY 179 FTE
CITY-NEAR Frazer & Jones, LLC 150 FTE
NAT-TCR 542884-Ferndale Po 15.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 388272-Tol-Wernert Sta 15.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 5472-NAI-0032-0032-03341 15.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Grandin East Plant & Busch Elevator 15.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 7346 Otis Joliet 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dept. of Transportation & Public Facilities (98) 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Colonial Estates 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Social Vocational Services #154 22 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. 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.