Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Alabama

Berman Bros. Iron & Metal Co., Inc.

Bessemer, AL · ~13 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Berman Bros. Iron & Metal Co., Inc. runs at 348% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Berman Bros. Iron & Metal Co., Inc.: 7.7 TCR = 348% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Berman Bros. Iron & Metal Co., Inc. safety composite

Berman Bros. Iron & Metal Co., Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

−5.7

2017→2021

Berman Bros. Iron & Metal Co., Inc. injury rate improved

Berman Bros. Iron & Metal Co., Inc.'s TCR fell 5.7 from 13.9 in 2017 to 8.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 13.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.08× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=13.9 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=8.5 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=8.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Bessemer, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 348% of ind

  • DART 8.3 DART
  • RANK #20/21
  • PHOTO Savannah Pallets and…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~13 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Savannah Pallets and Recycling (0.0 TCR gap)

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Berman Bros. Iron & Metal Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Berman Bros. Iron & Metal Co., Inc. averages 7.7 TCR (348% 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. Iron & Metal Co., Inc. TCR series: 2017=13.9 · 2018=0 · 2019=8.5 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=8.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Berman Bros. Iron & Metal Co., Inc. falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 21 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Alabama.

Berman Bros. Iron & Metal Co., Inc. (13 employees, TCR 7.7) 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. Iron & Metal Co., Inc.
Berman Bros. Iron & Metal Co., Inc. (13 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Berman Bros. Iron & Metal Co., Inc. 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
2021 8.3 8.3 1 0 0
2020 7.5 0.0 1 0 0
2019 8.5 8.5 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 13.9 13.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · AL · Bessemer

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 116 employers in Bessemer, AL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Savannah Pallets and Recycling 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacific Auto Recycling Center 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR GPR Dallas, Inc. 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Weitsman Recycling LLC 7.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oxford Office 13 FTE
STATE-SIZE Worley Field Services at Huntsman Advanced Material Company 13 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tuff Shed Store 590 - Birmingham - SE 13 FTE
STATE-SIZE Liberty Coating Alabama, LLC 13 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BHM1 4,102 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bessemer, DC 768 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blox LLC 581 FTE
CITY-NEAR US PIPE - BHM-DIP 559 FTE
NAT-TCR Plant 1 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Sutter Amador Hospital (110-7001) 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR HT Hackney 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Ameriscape USA Inc. 7.7 TCR

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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.