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

Columbus Scrap Material

Columbus, MS · ~42 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Columbus Scrap Material runs at 214% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Columbus Scrap Material: 4.7 TCR = 214% of Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Columbus Scrap Material safety composite

Columbus Scrap Material scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

Columbus Scrap Material: 2.1 → 7.7 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 7.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.09× in 2020

Columbus Scrap Material's TCR rose 5.7 from 2.1 in 2018 to 7.7 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Columbus, MS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.7 · 214% of ind

  • DART 5.2 DART
  • RANK #7/10
  • PHOTO Joe W. Morgan, Inc.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Joe W. Morgan, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Columbus Scrap Material in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Columbus Scrap Material averages 4.7 TCR (214% of the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Columbus Scrap Material TCR series: 2018=2.1 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=7.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Columbus Scrap Material falls in its industry

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

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 10 Scrap materials (e.g., automot employers in Mississippi.

Columbus Scrap Material (42 employees, TCR 4.7) 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 Columbus Scrap Material
Columbus Scrap Material (42 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Columbus Scrap Material has more employees than the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, indus 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
2020 7.7 5.2 3 0 0
2019 4.3 4.3 2 0 0
2018 2.1 2.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · MS · Columbus

1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 104 employers in Columbus, MS · 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 Joe W. Morgan, Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR SSI Tacoma 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR SA Recycling, Socorro 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Norman W Paschall Co., Inc 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Plant Ratcliffe 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pine Belt Service Center 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coahoma Electric Power Association - Tunica 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coahoma Electric Power Association - Coahoma 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Flat Roll Group - Columbus 905 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steel Dynamics, Inc. - FR Columbus 753 FTE
CITY-NEAR Paccar Engine Company 627 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bracken Construction Company, Inc. 376 FTE
NAT-TCR Surry Community Health and Rehabilitation Center 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Wicks Roofing Inc 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR PA - Amazon (Carlisle) 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR DGS Aviation Services : BNA - Nashville 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Van Wert Contract Packaging 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE ALP Steel Corp. 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE WFS_WPB 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3500 W Moore Ave M Santa Ana CA 92704 42 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: 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.