Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Indiana

Farnsworth

Indianapolis, IN · ~34 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Farnsworth runs at 385% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Farnsworth: 8.5 TCR = 385% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Farnsworth safety composite

Farnsworth scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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).

F

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

Farnsworth: 5.8 → 9.2 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 14.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.72× in 2021

Farnsworth's TCR rose 3.3 from 5.8 in 2018 to 9.2 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 14.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Indianapolis, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.5 · 385% of ind

  • DART 6.1 DART
  • RANK #45/55
  • PHOTO DAVID HIRSCHBERG STE…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DAVID HIRSCHBERG STEEL COMPANY (0.0 TCR gap)

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Farnsworth in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Farnsworth averages 8.5 TCR (385% 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

Farnsworth TCR series: 2018=5.8 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=14 · 2021=9.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Farnsworth falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #45 safest of 55 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Indiana.

Farnsworth (34 employees, TCR 8.5) 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 Farnsworth
Farnsworth (34 employees, TCR 8.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Farnsworth 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
2021 9.2 6.1 3 0 0
2020 14.0 8.4 5 0 0
2019 4.9 0.0 1 1 0
2018 5.8 5.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IN · Indianapolis

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 2,074 employers in Indianapolis, IN · 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 DAVID HIRSCHBERG STEEL COMPANY 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metro Green Recycling 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elizabeth Facility 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR JRS 8.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE 118-NiSource-Hammond IN-CISC 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heartland REMC - Markle District 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE 220-NiSource-Gary IN-GM&T 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ardizzone Enterprises Inc 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indiana University Health, Inc 7,874 FTE
CITY-NEAR Methodist Hospital 6,862 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eli Lilly - Lilly Corp Center 6,482 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lilly Technology Center 6,472 FTE
NAT-TCR Adventist Behavioral Health 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Meadville Redi-Mix Concrete Inc. 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Linen King, LLC (Midwest City) 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 2019NEUFELDT300A 8.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Berea Save-A-Lot 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bk #4222 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Latitude Corp Tuscon 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE 06 - Lakeville Distribution 34 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.