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

FPT - Inkster

Inkster, MI · ~27 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

FPT - Inkster runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

FPT - Inkster: 2.0 TCR = 92% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

FPT - Inkster safety composite

FPT - Inkster 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 2.02 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

2021→2022

FPT - Inkster injury rate improved

FPT - Inkster's TCR fell 4.0 from 4.0 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=4.0 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 2.0 · 92% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/62
  • PHOTO Louisiana Scrap Meta…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling-Lafayette (0.0 TCR gap)

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FPT - Inkster in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows FPT - Inkster averages 2.0 TCR (92% 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

FPT - Inkster TCR series: 2021=4 · 2022=0 · BLS 2.2

Where FPT - Inkster falls in its industry

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl 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 #13 safest of 62 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Michigan.

FPT - Inkster (27 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 FPT - Inkster
FPT - Inkster (27 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

FPT - Inkster 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 4.0 4.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · MI · Inkster

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 · 7 employers in Inkster, 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 Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling-Lafayette 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR MANITOBA CORP 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Recommunity Cape May 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR J. Morgan Company, Inc. 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Badger Evergreen Nursery LLC 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE K Drive Greenhouse Co 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Masterpiece Flower Company LLC - Merchandising (MO) 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Luurtsema Sales Inc. 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Precision Material Handling Equipment LLC 90 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gas Construction Livonia 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR 254690-INKSTER PO 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR INKSTER_1367957 36 FTE
NAT-TCR Waxdale Manufacturing 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Delta Rigging and Tools, Inc - Hurst 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lampert Lumber HQ - St Paul MN 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Watlow Hannibal 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Alexis Gardens 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hampton Inn & Suites Los Angeles-Glendale 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Family Pres Knoxville 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Public Works 27 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.

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