Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Florida

Berman Bros Inc

Jacksonville, FL · ~56 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Berman Bros Inc runs at 170% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Berman Bros Inc: 3.7 TCR = 170% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Berman Bros Inc safety composite

Berman Bros Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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

−2.2

2017→2024

Berman Bros Inc injury rate improved

Berman Bros Inc's TCR fell 2.2 from 5.1 in 2017 to 3.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.1 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=4.8 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=5.5 · 2024=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Jacksonville, FL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.7 · 170% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #29/43
  • PHOTO Windy City Iron and …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Windy City Iron and Metal LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Berman Bros Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Berman Bros Inc averages 3.7 TCR (170% 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

Berman Bros Inc TCR series: 2017=5.1 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=4.8 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=0 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=5.5 · 2024=3 · BLS 2.2

Where Berman Bros Inc falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 43 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Florida.

Berman Bros Inc (56 employees, TCR 3.7) 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 Berman Bros Inc
Berman Bros Inc (56 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Berman Bros Inc has more employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale 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
2024 3.0 1.5 2 0 0
2023 5.5 3.7 3 0 0
2022 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.8 1.6 3 0 0
2019 4.8 0.0 3 0 0
2018 4.8 1.2 3 1 0
2017 5.1 5.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · FL · Jacksonville

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 1,776 employers in Jacksonville, FL · 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 Windy City Iron and Metal LLC 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR OmniSource Transport, LLC. - Southern Indiana Trucking 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 26-105338810-2024 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR ERI Fresno, Suite 105 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Quincy Packing House 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rays Heritage Packing House 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plant City Service Area 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE St Augustine Service Center 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR UF HEALTH JACKSONVILLE 4,948 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mayo Clinic Jacksonville (Clinic) 4,567 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health System Jacksonville Baptist Medical Center 4,199 FTE
CITY-NEAR FLJAC - JACKSONVILLE 4,193 FTE
NAT-TCR Robert A. Aird, Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR LJ Fabricators 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Advance Industries Group, LLC. 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 009 - Robey Elementary 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Western Cooperative Electric Assoc. 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Char1-Dwh-Charlotte Division 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bray Trucking, Inc. 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE 03 - KIUC - Lihue 56 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.