General-line scrap merchant wholesalers · Kentucky

CRHC Freedom Metals, LLC

Louisville, KY · ~38 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CRHC Freedom Metals, LLC runs at 237% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General-line scrap merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

CRHC Freedom Metals, LLC: 5.2 TCR = 237% of General-line scrap merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CRHC Freedom Metals, LLC safety composite

CRHC Freedom Metals, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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)
D 5.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

CRHC Freedom Metals, LLC: 2.0 → 7.9 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 7.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.5× in 2020

CRHC Freedom Metals, LLC's TCR rose 5.9 from 2.0 in 2017 to 7.9 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Louisville, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.2 · 237% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #17/24
  • PHOTO Ben Weitsman & Son …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ben Weitsman & Son of Albany LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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CRHC Freedom Metals, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CRHC Freedom Metals, LLC averages 5.2 TCR (237% of the General-line scrap merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

CRHC Freedom Metals, LLC TCR series: 2017=2 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=7.9 · BLS 2.2

Where CRHC Freedom Metals, LLC falls in its industry

1,126 General-line scrap merchant wh establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 24 General-line scrap merchant wh employers in Kentucky.

CRHC Freedom Metals, LLC (38 employees, TCR 5.2) 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate CRHC Freedom Metals, LLC
CRHC Freedom Metals, LLC (38 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

CRHC Freedom Metals, LLC has fewer employees than the General-line scrap merchant wholesalers 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 7.9 2.6 3 0 0
2019 5.1 5.1 2 0 0
2018 5.9 2.9 2 0 0
2017 2.0 2.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · KY · Louisville

1,126 General-line scrap merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 1,638 employers in Louisville, KY · 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 Ben Weitsman & Son of Albany LLC 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Legend 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fortune Plastic & Metal 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR CAMDEN METAL COMPANY 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lexington Substation Dept. & Relay 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Muldraugh Compressor Station 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2057 Mercer Rd 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Field Work 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jefferson County Public Schools 18,524 FTE
CITY-NEAR KYGRA - WORLDPORT 11,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR WORLDPORT (KYGRA) 9,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR KTKY TRUCK 8,757 FTE
NAT-TCR FI - Titusville, LLC 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ashley Furniture Homestore- Hacks 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Retama Manor Health and Rehabilitation Center/Rio Grande City 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 5645 - Cypress Woods 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Advanced Disposal - Wisconsin Rapids 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boeing Charleston 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2050-Clarion, IA 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2412-Nampa, ID 38 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, 2017. 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.