Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Texas

Comal Iron & Metals, Inc

New Braunfels, TX · ~23 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Comal Iron & Metals, Inc runs at 510% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Comal Iron & Metals, Inc: 11.2 TCR = 510% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Comal Iron & Metals, Inc safety composite

Comal Iron & Metals, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).

F

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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

Comal Iron & Metals, Inc: 6.5 → 17.0 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 17.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.14× in 2021

Comal Iron & Metals, Inc's TCR rose 10.4 from 6.5 in 2018 to 17.0 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · New Braunfels, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.2 · 510% of ind

  • DART 12.8 DART
  • RANK #90/101
  • PHOTO Metal Source, LLC (G…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Metal Source, LLC (GHR09) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Comal Iron & Metals, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Comal Iron & Metals, Inc averages 11.2 TCR (510% 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

Comal Iron & Metals, Inc TCR series: 2018=6.5 · 2020=10.1 · 2021=17 · BLS 2.2

Where Comal Iron & Metals, Inc falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #90 safest of 101 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Texas.

Comal Iron & Metals, Inc (23 employees, TCR 11.2) 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 Comal Iron & Metals, Inc
Comal Iron & Metals, Inc (23 employees, TCR 11.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Comal Iron & Metals, Inc 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
2021 17.0 12.8 4 0 0
2020 10.1 5.0 2 0 0
2018 6.5 6.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · TX · New Braunfels

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 183 employers in New Braunfels, TX · 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 Metal Source, LLC (GHR09) 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR PNW Metal Recycling dba Rivergate Scrap Metals INC. 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Potential 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northern Metal Recycling Becker 11.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Houston South Mill Distribution, LLC 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smallhold, Buda 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMARILLO SOD FARM 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE VISITORS MANAGEMENT 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Schlitterbahn Waterparks and Resort - New Braunfels 1,655 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6016 1,026 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6016 1,025 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sysco Central Texas 1,004 FTE
NAT-TCR The Palms of St. Lucie West 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Park Place Assisted Living 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 257240-Oxford Po 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Food Source 703-Sacramento 11.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Platteville 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3077 Keystone 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Garage Location 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Merit Construction Services, Inc. 23 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: 2021, 2020, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.