Industrial wastes to be reclaimed merchant wholesalers · Tennessee

East TN Iron & Metal Inc.

Bulls Gap, TN · ~33 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

East TN Iron & Metal Inc. runs at 289% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Industrial wastes to be reclaimed merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

East TN Iron & Metal Inc.: 6.4 TCR = 289% of Industrial wastes to be reclaimed merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

East TN Iron & Metal Inc. safety composite

East TN Iron & Metal Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

East TN Iron & Metal Inc.: 5.6 → 8.2 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 12.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.43× in 2024

East TN Iron & Metal Inc.'s TCR rose 2.5 from 5.6 in 2017 to 8.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 12.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Bulls Gap, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.4 · 289% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #31/35
  • PHOTO OmniSource LLC - NID…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: OmniSource LLC - NID Trucking (0.0 TCR gap)

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East TN Iron & Metal Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows East TN Iron & Metal Inc. averages 6.4 TCR (289% of the Industrial wastes to be reclaimed merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

East TN Iron & Metal Inc. TCR series: 2017=5.6 · 2018=7.2 · 2019=12.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=5.6 · 2022=6.6 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=8.2 · BLS 2.2

Where East TN Iron & Metal Inc. falls in its industry

1,126 Industrial wastes to be reclai establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 35 Industrial wastes to be reclai employers in Tennessee.

East TN Iron & Metal Inc. (33 employees, TCR 6.4) 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 East TN Iron & Metal Inc.
East TN Iron & Metal Inc. (33 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

East TN Iron & Metal Inc. has fewer employees than the Industrial wastes to be reclaimed mercha 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 8.2 2.7 3 0 0
2023 5.7 0.0 2 0 0
2022 6.6 3.3 1 1 0
2021 5.6 2.8 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 12.1 2.4 5 0 0
2018 7.2 2.4 3 0 0
2017 5.6 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · TN · Bulls Gap

1,126 Industrial wastes to be reclaimed merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 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 OmniSource LLC - NID Trucking 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northern Metal Recycling Great Western St Paul 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Monterrey Iron and Metal, LTD 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR P J Greco Sons, Inc 6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hamilton County WWTA (Water & Wastewater Treatment Authority) 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE JC Curtis Construction Co., LLC 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE TDH Inc 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE ORION 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bulls Gap 569 FTE
NAT-TCR Evansville in - 3257 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Gordon Solutions LLC 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Staley Steel, LLC 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Apple Valley Insulation (BDI) 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Titan Newman, INC. 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nuovo Pasta Productions, Ltd. - Cleveland 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE New England Plasma Development Corp. 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ark Post Acute Network, LLC 33 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.