Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Kentucky

ELG Metals

Louisville, KY · ~21 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ELG Metals runs at 324% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

ELG Metals: 7.1 TCR = 324% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ELG Metals safety composite

ELG Metals scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

−14.8

2016→2019

ELG Metals injury rate improved

ELG Metals's TCR fell 14.8 from 14.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 14.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=14.8 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=13.7 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 324% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/24
  • PHOTO Fortune Metal Inc 20…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fortune Metal Inc 2017 OSHA 300 reporting (0.0 TCR gap)

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ELG Metals in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ELG Metals averages 7.1 TCR (324% 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

ELG Metals TCR series: 2016=14.8 · 2017=0 · 2018=13.7 · 2019=0 · BLS 2.2

Where ELG Metals falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 23% 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 #20 safest of 24 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Kentucky.

ELG Metals (21 employees, TCR 7.1) 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 ELG Metals
ELG Metals (21 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

ELG Metals 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 13.7 13.7 3 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 14.8 4.9 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · KY · Louisville

1,126 Metal scrap and waste 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 Fortune Metal Inc 2017 OSHA 300 reporting 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Recleim SC LLC 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metal X Auburn 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Schupan Iowa LLC 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE AppHarvest Morehead Farm LLC. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Reed Minerals - Drakesboro 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hardinsburg Office 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Madisonville - Electric Distribution 21 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 Attleboro Nursing and Rehab Center 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Total Transportation 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR NurseCore of Denver 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR APC Paper Company of New York, Inc. 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Nature's Way Environmental Consultants & Contractors, Inc. 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Emera Maine Lamoine Division 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marden Enterprises Inc. 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jim Gilman Excavating, Inc. 21 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.