Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Colorado

Colorado Industrial Recycling

Colorado Springs, CO · ~34 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Colorado Industrial Recycling runs at 634% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Colorado Industrial Recycling: 13.9 TCR = 634% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Colorado Industrial Recycling safety composite

Colorado Industrial Recycling scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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%).

TCR Δ

−16.6

2018→2024

Colorado Industrial Recycling injury rate improved

Colorado Industrial Recycling's TCR fell 16.6 from 20.3 in 2018 to 3.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 20.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=20.3 · 2019=19.0 · 2020=9.1 · 2022=16.9 · 2023=14.6 · 2024=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Colorado Springs, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.9 · 634% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #15/15
  • PHOTO Kuusakoski US, LLC
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kuusakoski US, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Colorado Industrial Recycling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Colorado Industrial Recycling averages 13.9 TCR (634% 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

Colorado Industrial Recycling TCR series: 2018=20.3 · 2019=19 · 2020=9.1 · 2022=16.9 · 2023=14.6 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Colorado Industrial Recycling falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 4% 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 #15 safest of 15 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Colorado.

Colorado Industrial Recycling (34 employees, TCR 13.9) 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Colorado Industrial Recycling
Colorado Industrial Recycling (34 employees, TCR 13.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Colorado Industrial Recycling 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
2024 3.7 0.0 1 0 0
2023 14.6 5.8 4 1 0
2022 16.9 11.3 6 0 0
2020 9.1 3.0 3 0 0
2019 19.0 13.6 7 0 0
2018 20.3 7.6 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · CO · Colorado Springs

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 832 employers in Colorado Springs, 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 Kuusakoski US, LLC 14.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacific Coast Shredding 14.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gateway Recycling Inc DBA Gateway Recovery 13.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mt. Holly 13.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Nucla Generating Station 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northern Colorado Maintenance Center 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Limon Headquarters 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brikor Associates Inc 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Colorado Hospital Memorial Central 3,102 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - DEN4 2,948 FTE
CITY-NEAR Penrose Hospital 2,841 FTE
CITY-NEAR 05070001-050701 PENROSE HOSPITAL 2,391 FTE
NAT-TCR Olympia Moving & Storage 13.9 TCR
NAT-TCR TownePlace Suites Albuquerque 13.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ankeny Plant 13.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Good Samaritan Society Maplewood 13.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sabel Steel-New Steel 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE KAG West 52044 Montebello 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE ECO1 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE 002000 Dallas-Whse 34 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.