Metals Recycling · Colorado

Branch 49

Grand Junction, CO · ~21 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Branch 49 runs at 217% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metals Recycling workplace, earning a grade F.

Branch 49: 4.8 TCR = 217% of Metals Recycling BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Branch 49 safety composite

Branch 49 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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).

C

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

Branch 49 held a steady TCR band

Branch 49's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 14.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2019=14.4 · 2020=4.9 · 2022=9.3 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Grand Junction, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.8 · 217% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/15
  • PHOTO Noble Oil Services, …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Noble Oil Services, Inc. (Plant) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Branch 49 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Branch 49 averages 4.8 TCR (217% of the Metals Recycling BLS benchmark).

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

Branch 49 TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=14.4 · 2020=4.9 · 2022=9.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Branch 49 falls in its industry

1,126 Metals Recycling establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 15 Metals Recycling employers in Colorado.

Branch 49 (21 employees, TCR 4.8) 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 Branch 49
Branch 49 (21 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Branch 49 has fewer employees than the Metals Recycling 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 9.3 0.0 2 0 0
2020 4.9 0.0 1 0 0
2019 14.4 9.6 3 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · CO · Grand Junction

1,126 Metals Recycling employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 233 employers in Grand Junction, CO · 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 Noble Oil Services, Inc. (Plant) 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Napuck Salvage of Waupaca, LLC 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metro Alloy's Inc 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SMC Selmer 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sacred Seed 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE NGL WATER SOLUTIONS, LLC-C3 LASALLE 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE WGW Golden West Wind 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE BHE - Canon City Utility Dr (CO008) 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Mary's Hospital 2,336 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center 2,043 FTE
CITY-NEAR Community Hospital 1,062 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hilltop Health Services Corporation- 609 27 1/2 Road 641 FTE
NAT-TCR Franciscan Health Crown Point 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Morrilton Packing Company, Inc 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Social Vocational Services #338 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Talley Vineyards 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE 550 Main Street, Mashpee, MA 02649 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE CAPS Cleveland 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Durham #1605 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kalcor Willoughby 21 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, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.