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

Fortiron & Metal

Detroit, MI · ~35 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fortiron & Metal runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Fortiron & Metal: 1.6 TCR = 72% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fortiron & Metal safety composite

Fortiron & Metal scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−3.2

2021→2022

Fortiron & Metal injury rate improved

Fortiron & Metal's TCR fell 3.2 from 3.2 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=3.2 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 72% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/62
  • PHOTO Trinity Metals - Sha…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Trinity Metals - Shadeland (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fortiron & Metal in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fortiron & Metal averages 1.6 TCR (72% 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

Fortiron & Metal TCR series: 2021=3.2 · 2022=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Fortiron & Metal falls in its industry

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

Safer than 81% 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 #7 safest of 62 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Michigan.

Fortiron & Metal (35 employees, TCR 1.6) 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 Fortiron & Metal
Fortiron & Metal (35 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Fortiron & Metal has fewer employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.2 3.2 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 Trinity Metals - Shadeland 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gold Metal Recycling 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Recycling Spartanburg Hwy 29 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aim Recycling - Greenville 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Heeren, LLC - 42 North Apples 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harbor Farmz, North LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Willow Point Dairy 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE POWER & UTILITIES OPERATIONS - ROB 35 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 PSSI - 0674 Schwan's - Florence KY 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Kskci - Kansas City 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Vampk - Richmond 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR YMCA Calomiris Program Center 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4795-PD-AGS-AUGUSTA-AGS-PDMT 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4795-PD-BFL-BAKERSFIELD-BFL-PDMT 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4795-Pd-Hpn-White Plains-Hpn-Pdmt 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4795-PD-MGM-MONTGOMERY-MGM-PDMT 35 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. 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.