Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers · Michigan

Ferrous Processing and Trading Co.

Detroit, MI · ~59 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ferrous Processing and Trading Co. runs at 280% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Ferrous Processing and Trading Co.: 6.2 TCR = 280% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ferrous Processing and Trading Co. safety composite

Ferrous Processing and Trading Co. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

Ferrous Processing and Trading Co.: 1.7 → 8.5 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 8.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.91× in 2022

Ferrous Processing and Trading Co.'s TCR rose 6.8 from 1.7 in 2017 to 8.5 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Detroit, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.2 · 280% of ind

  • DART 5.6 DART
  • RANK #45/62
  • PHOTO Rogers Iron & Metal …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rogers Iron & Metal Corp. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ferrous Processing and Trading Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ferrous Processing and Trading Co. averages 6.2 TCR (280% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Ferrous Processing and Trading Co. TCR series: 2017=1.7 · 2021=8.3 · 2022=8.5 · BLS 2.2

Where Ferrous Processing and Trading Co. falls in its industry

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #45 safest of 62 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Michigan.

Ferrous Processing and Trading Co. (59 employees, TCR 6.2) 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 Processing and Trading Co.
Ferrous Processing and Trading Co. (59 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Ferrous Processing and Trading Co. has more employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal 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
2022 8.5 5.6 6 0 0
2021 8.3 3.3 2 3 0
2017 1.7 1.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · MI · Detroit

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 673 employers in Detroit, MI · 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 Rogers Iron & Metal Corp. 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Li-Cycle AL Spoke Plant 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brooklyn Resource Reccovery, Inc 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative - Eugene 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Smart Vision Lights 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4066_7855 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand Traverse County Road Commission 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Metropolitan Concrete Corp. 59 FTE
CITY-NEAR Henry Ford Hospital 8,838 FTE
CITY-NEAR Detroit Campus 8,632 FTE
CITY-NEAR Delta Air Lines - DTW 6,640 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Motors Corporation 5,241 FTE
NAT-TCR Civic Center Health and Rehabilitation Center, LLC 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 4795-Aa-Sjc-San Jose-Sjc-Trml 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Manheim New York 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR AT-SB-ATHENS 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE HG182 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG443 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG325 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chandler Villas 59 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: 2022, 2021, 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.