Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · South Carolina

ECMS (BASF Converse)

Spartanburg, SC · ~68 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ECMS (BASF Converse) runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

ECMS (BASF Converse): 3.1 TCR = 142% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ECMS (BASF Converse) safety composite

ECMS (BASF Converse) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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%).

ECMS (BASF Converse) held a steady TCR band

ECMS (BASF Converse)'s TCR held near 0.1 from 3.2 in 2023 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=3.2 · 2024=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Spartanburg, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.1 · 142% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/15
  • PHOTO Fortune Metal Midwes…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fortune Metal Midwest, LLC GA (0.0 TCR gap)

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ECMS (BASF Converse) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ECMS (BASF Converse) averages 3.1 TCR (142% 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

ECMS (BASF Converse) TCR series: 2023=3.2 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 2.2

Where ECMS (BASF Converse) falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 15 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in South Carolina.

ECMS (BASF Converse) (68 employees, TCR 3.1) 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 ECMS (BASF Converse)
ECMS (BASF Converse) (68 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

ECMS (BASF Converse) has more employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale median and a lower 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 3.1 0.0 1 1 0
2023 3.2 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · SC · Spartanburg

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 294 employers in Spartanburg, SC · 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 Fortune Metal Midwest, LLC GA 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sprout California 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metal X Waterloo 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR PRI Group 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE COPE GENERATING PLANT 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northern Power Delivery (Columbia) 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE DRB Group South Carolina, LLC- Greenville 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenville/Ashville 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR SPARTANBURG FOOD 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spartanburg Medical Center 5,386 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spartanburg County 1,633 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spartanburg County Government 1,561 FTE
NAT-TCR Neal Mast and Son Greenhouses 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant 323 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Classic Recycling New York Corp 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR GKN Automotive 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE FWM Mechanical Inc. 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Randall Manufacturing 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Topper Inc. 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mid Atlantic Fabrication LLC 68 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.