Boxes, waste, merchant wholesalers · New Jersey
Fortune Metal Recycling
Rahway, NJ · ~75 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 5.0
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Fortune Metal Recycling runs at 229% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Boxes, waste, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Fortune Metal Recycling: 5.0 TCR = 229% of Boxes, waste, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Fortune Metal Recycling safety composite
Fortune Metal Recycling scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).
33/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.03 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.53 per 100 workers
Safer than 15% 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
Fortune Metal Recycling: 6.2 → 8.7 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 8.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.3× in 2024
Fortune Metal Recycling's TCR rose 2.6 from 6.2 in 2018 to 8.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423930 · Rahway, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 5.0 · 229% of ind
- DART 6.5 DART
- RANK #17/28
- PHOTO Greif (MG TACOMA)
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 32 inj
- SIZE ~75 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Greif (MG TACOMA) (0.0 TCR gap)
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Fortune Metal Recycling in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Fortune Metal Recycling
5 TCR
- Greif (MG TACO
Greif (MG TACOMA)
5 TCR
- Regional Mater
Regional Materials Recovery
5 TCR
- Mervis Industr
Mervis Industries - Metals
5 TCR
- Moses B. Glick
Moses B. Glick LLC
5 TCR
What this shows Fortune Metal Recycling averages 5.0 TCR (229% of the Boxes, waste, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Fortune Metal Recycling TCR series: 2018=6.2 · 2019=1 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=8.3 · 2024=8.7 · BLS 2.2
Where Fortune Metal Recycling falls in its industry
1,126 Boxes, waste, merchant wholesa establishmentsSafer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.
Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 28 Boxes, waste, merchant wholesa employers in New Jersey.
Fortune Metal Recycling has more employees than the Boxes, waste, merchant wholesalers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.7 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8.3 | 6.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423930 · NJ · Rahway
1,126 Boxes, waste, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 42 employers in Rahway, NJ · 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 | Greif (MG TACOMA) | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Regional Materials Recovery | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mervis Industries - Metals | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Moses B. Glick LLC | 5.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Carson Corporation | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NA-US-NJ-Cranbury-Corporate Drive | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Josloff Industries, LLC | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sant-Tec Electric, Inc. | 75 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rahway, NJ Facility | 4,475 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | RWJ University Hospital Rahway | 865 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wytech Industries LLC | 227 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Guest Packaging (Rahway) | 202 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | HPS Wilmington | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TLG-North Kentucky | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pitt Ohio - Utica | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | OR-Sunset | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | F&W Distribution, LLC | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Frankfort Plant | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BMW of Wesley Chapel | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Berry Global, Inc. | 75 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.