Bottles, waste, merchant wholesalers · Michigan

Franklin Metal Trading Corp

Name: Franklin Metal Trading Corp Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Lake Odessa, MI · ~26 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Franklin Metal Trading Corp runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bottles, waste, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Franklin Metal Trading Corp: 2.8 TCR = 129% of Bottles, waste, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Franklin Metal Trading Corp safety composite

Franklin Metal Trading Corp 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).

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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

−6.1

2016→2024

Franklin Metal Trading Corp injury rate improved

Franklin Metal Trading Corp's TCR fell 6.1 from 10.3 in 2016 to 4.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.3 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=8.3 · 2022=0.0 · 2024=4.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Lake Odessa, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.8 · 129% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #22/62
PHOTO PnP St. Louis
BOOK 8y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PnP St. Louis (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Franklin Metal Trading Corp averages 2.8 TCR (129% of the Bottles, waste, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Franklin Metal Trading Corp TCR series: 2016=10.3 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=8.3 · 2022=0 · 2024=4.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Franklin Metal Trading Corp falls in its industry

1,126 Bottles, waste, merchant whole establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 62 Bottles, waste, merchant whole employers in Michigan.

Franklin Metal Trading Corp (26 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Franklin Metal Trading Corp has fewer employees than the Bottles, waste, merchant wholesalers 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
2024	4.1	0.0	1
2022	0.0	0.0	0
2021	8.3	4.1	2
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0
2016	10.3	5.1	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · MI · Lake Odessa

1,126 Bottles, waste, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 11 employers in Lake Odessa, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	PnP St. Louis	ST. LOUIS, MO	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PNW Metal Recycling dba RS Davis Clackamas	CLACKAMAS, OR	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CAI Custom Alloys Incorporated	BELVIDERE, IL	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Recleim OH LLC	LIMA, OH	2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Walther Farms Cass City	CASS CITY	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	United States Gypsum	TAWAS	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Genesee Power Station	FLINT	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bronson SC	BRONSON	26 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Eggs- Lake Odessa MI	Lake Odessa	290 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cargill Kitchen Solutions Inc	Lake Odessa	277 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Eggs - Lake Odessa MI	Lake Odessa	275 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cargill Kitchen Solutions Lake Odessa, MI	Lake Odessa	270 FTE
NAT-TCR	Cosmo Corporation	Cleveland, OH	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	D2330	Stockton, CA	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Giant 320	Gaithersburg, MD	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Whistler Construction Company	Belle Vernon, PA	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Caldwell ID Orchard	Caldwell, ID	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Treat's Heating Cooling & Electric	Enumclaw, WA	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pettisville Grain Co.	Wauseon, OH	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Huber USA, Inc	Raleigh, NC	26 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.