Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Michigan

D&W Salvage, Inc.

Bad Axe, MI · ~23 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

D&W Salvage, Inc. runs at 245% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

D&W Salvage, Inc.: 5.4 TCR = 245% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

D&W Salvage, Inc. safety composite

D&W Salvage, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 36%), 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).

C

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

−10.8

2023→2024

D&W Salvage, Inc. injury rate improved

D&W Salvage, Inc.'s TCR fell 10.8 from 10.8 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=10.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Bad Axe, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.4 · 245% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #40/62
  • PHOTO AIM Recycling Clevel…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AIM Recycling Cleveland, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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D&W Salvage, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows D&W Salvage, Inc. averages 5.4 TCR (245% 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

D&W Salvage, Inc. TCR series: 2023=10.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where D&W Salvage, Inc. falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 62 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Michigan.

D&W Salvage, Inc. (23 employees, TCR 5.4) 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 D&W Salvage, Inc.
D&W Salvage, Inc. (23 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

D&W Salvage, 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 10.8 10.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · MI · Bad Axe

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 15 employers in Bad Axe, MI · 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 AIM Recycling Cleveland, LLC 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metal Management Midwest, Artesian 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Berlinsky Scrap Corp. 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alumisource Corporation- Monessen 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Black Gold Farms - MIS 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Casey Woodwyk, Inc. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE John Schuring, Jr. Company 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Atwood Timber and Lumber 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR McLaren Thumb Region 306 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1592 266 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1592 255 FTE
CITY-NEAR 315 - Bad Axe 195 FTE
NAT-TCR Abbott Machine company 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR The Chefs Warehouse West Coast, LLC. Las Vegas 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Food Stores 6330 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Flexible Concepts, Inc 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Blythewood Crew Quarters 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marquiss Electric, Inc. 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Runge Painting Company, Inc. 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 6276 - Washington 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: 2024, 2023. 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.