Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Ohio

Ferrous Cleveland

Cleveland, OH · ~87 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ferrous Cleveland runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Ferrous Cleveland: 1.3 TCR = 60% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ferrous Cleveland safety composite

Ferrous Cleveland scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−2.6

2023→2024

Ferrous Cleveland injury rate improved

Ferrous Cleveland's TCR fell 2.6 from 2.6 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.6 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Cleveland, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.3 · 60% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/79
  • PHOTO SMM Group Fairless S…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~87 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SMM Group Fairless Shredder (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ferrous Cleveland in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ferrous Cleveland averages 1.3 TCR (60% 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

Ferrous Cleveland TCR series: 2023=2.6 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Ferrous Cleveland falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 79 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Ohio.

Ferrous Cleveland (87 employees, TCR 1.3) 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 Ferrous Cleveland
Ferrous Cleveland (87 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Ferrous Cleveland 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.6 1.7 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · OH · Cleveland

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 922 employers in Cleveland, OH · 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 SMM Group Fairless Shredder 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR All Scrap Metals 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ferrous John Kronk 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Becker Iron & Metal 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE GEM Industrial Inc. - BP Oil, Oregon Refinery 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-Mor Corporation 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cincinnati Manufacturing 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE US161: Cincinnati 514 - SG 87 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cleveland Clinic Main Campus 25,629 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Cleveland Clinic Foundation 20,763 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cleveland Medical Center 10,377 FTE
CITY-NEAR SILCO FIRE & SECURITY - CLEVELAND 3,641 FTE
NAT-TCR Paola Service Center 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR HGAKB03 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Carlsbad Office 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Holiday Inn Express Pittsburgh Airport 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 212 Fenton 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE 276 Shackelford 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE 749 Dekalb 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stafford 87 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.