Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Michigan

Ferrous Schlafer

Detroit, MI · ~32 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ferrous Schlafer runs at 91% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Ferrous Schlafer: 2.0 TCR = 91% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ferrous Schlafer safety composite

Ferrous Schlafer 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

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−4.0

2023→2024

Ferrous Schlafer injury rate improved

Ferrous Schlafer's TCR fell 4.0 from 4.0 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=4.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Detroit, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.0 · 91% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/62
  • PHOTO Wyoming Steel & Recy…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wyoming Steel & Recycling Iron & Metals Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ferrous Schlafer in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ferrous Schlafer averages 2.0 TCR (91% 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 Schlafer TCR series: 2023=4 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Ferrous Schlafer falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 74% 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 #12 safest of 62 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Michigan.

Ferrous Schlafer (32 employees, TCR 2.0) 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 Schlafer
Ferrous Schlafer (32 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Ferrous Schlafer has fewer 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 4.0 4.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · MI · Detroit

1,126 Metal scrap and waste 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 Wyoming Steel & Recycling Iron & Metals Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR OmniSource LLC - Athens 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR J. Morgan Company, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR VIM Recyclers LP 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE 6801_15743 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Black Soil Dairy 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Berrybrook 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE East Tawas 32 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 229 Edwardsville 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR STK Electronics, Inc. DBA Pelco Component Technologies 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Residence Inn Portland Downtown Riverplace 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR PLI Card Marketing Solutions 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Riverside Peninsula Surgery Center 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crown Electric, Inc. 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE TK Cups - Sorgs 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE JK2 Scenic, LLC. 32 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.