Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers · Colorado

Colorado Iron & Metal, Inc.

Name: Colorado Iron & Metal, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Fort Collins, CO · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.1
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Colorado Iron & Metal, Inc. runs at 94% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Colorado Iron & Metal, Inc.: 2.1 TCR = 94% of Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Colorado Iron & Metal, Inc. safety composite

Colorado Iron & Metal, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% 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).

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Colorado Iron & Metal, Inc.: 0.0 → 4.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Colorado Iron & Metal, Inc.'s TCR rose 4.1 from 0.0 in 2023 to 4.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Fort Collins, CO AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.1 · 94% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #2/15
PHOTO Rose Metal Processing
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rose Metal Processing (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Colorado Iron & Metal, Inc. averages 2.1 TCR (94% of the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Colorado Iron & Metal, Inc. TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=4.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Colorado Iron & Metal, Inc. falls in its industry

1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automot establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 15 Scrap materials (e.g., automot employers in Colorado.

Colorado Iron & Metal, Inc. (22 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Colorado Iron & Metal, Inc. has fewer employees than the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, indus 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	4.1	0.0	1	0	0
2023	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · CO · Fort Collins

1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 268 employers in Fort Collins, CO · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Rose Metal Processing	HOUSTON, TX	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Pratt Recycling Nashville,TN.	NASHVILLE, TN	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Saul Goode Industries	INDIANAPOLIS, IN	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Pratt Recycling Shreveport,LA.	SHREVEPORT, LA	2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Jack's Bean Company LLC	HOLYOKE	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ponderosa Partnership LLC	CENTER	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Allied Demolition, Inc	COMMERCE CITY	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	San Isabel Electric Association- Pueblo West Administration	PUEBLO WEST	22 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Poudre Valley Hospital	Fort Collins	1,772 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fort Collins	Fort Collins	1,285 FTE
CITY-NEAR	New Belgium Brewing Company: Fort Collins	Fort Collins	759 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Woodward Inc. - Lincoln Campus Facility	Fort Collins	725 FTE
NAT-TCR	Middle School	Hutchinson, MN	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Fred Anderson Acquisition Company, LLC	Sanford, NC	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Trinity Feedyard LLC	Garden City, KS	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Brookdale Finneytown	Cincinnati, OH	2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Windy City Tower Techs LLC	Wauconda, IL	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lincoln Winnelson	Lincoln, NE	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	R&D Heating and Sheet Metal Co., Inc.	Perry, OH	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Thorne Ready Mix Plant	Fresno, CA	22 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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