Smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary · Ohio

Buckeye Metal Company

Cleveland, OH · ~27 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Buckeye Metal Company runs at 390% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary workplace, earning a grade F.

Buckeye Metal Company: 12.9 TCR = 390% of Smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Buckeye Metal Company safety composite

Buckeye Metal Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−25.1

2016→2019

Buckeye Metal Company injury rate improved

Buckeye Metal Company's TCR fell 25.1 from 25.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 25.1 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=25.1 · 2017=17.1 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331492 · Cleveland, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.9 · 390% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/5
  • PHOTO Imperial Zinc Corpor…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Imperial Zinc Corporation (0.3 TCR gap)

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Buckeye Metal Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Buckeye Metal Company averages 12.9 TCR (390% of the Smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary BLS benchmark).

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

Buckeye Metal Company TCR series: 2016=25.1 · 2017=17.1 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Buckeye Metal Company falls in its industry

132 Smelting and refining of nonfe establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Smelting and refining of nonfe employers in Ohio.

Buckeye Metal Company (27 employees, TCR 12.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Buckeye Metal Company
Buckeye Metal Company (27 employees, TCR 12.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Buckeye Metal Company has fewer employees than the Smelting and refining of nonferrous meta median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 9.3 4.6 2 0 0
2017 17.1 0.0 1 0 0
2016 25.1 8.4 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331492 · OH · Cleveland

132 Smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 922 employers in Cleveland, OH · 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 Imperial Zinc Corporation 13.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ritchey Metals Scenery Hill 13.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cronimet Specialty Metals Wheatland 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mayco Industries 11.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jeff Creque Farms Inc 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE White Pond Gardens Inc 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wen Mar Farms, Inc. 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trillium Farms Croton Pullet 2 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cleveland Clinic Main Campus 25,629 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Cleveland Clinic Foundation 20,763 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cleveland Medical Center 10,377 FTE
CITY-NEAR SILCO FIRE & SECURITY - CLEVELAND 3,641 FTE
NAT-TCR Pioneer Tacoma 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ace Beverage LLC 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR #626 Hazlet Shoprite 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Glendale Center 12.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Vcf 085 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE S03956 - WM of Sandpoint 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE S06631 - PGI Paper Valley 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Conejo Complete Inc 27 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.