Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers · Ohio

Garden Street Iron & Metal Inc.

Cincinnati, OH · ~35 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Garden Street Iron & Metal Inc. runs at 308% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Garden Street Iron & Metal Inc.: 6.8 TCR = 308% of Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Garden Street Iron & Metal Inc. safety composite

Garden Street Iron & Metal Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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).

D

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

−6.9

2016→2021

Garden Street Iron & Metal Inc. injury rate improved

Garden Street Iron & Metal Inc.'s TCR fell 6.9 from 11.4 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.4 · 2017=8.8 · 2018=6.7 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Cincinnati, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 308% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #60/79
  • PHOTO SA Recycling, Columb…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SA Recycling, Columbus-Parsons (0.0 TCR gap)

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Garden Street Iron & Metal Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Garden Street Iron & Metal Inc. averages 6.8 TCR (308% of the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Garden Street Iron & Metal Inc. TCR series: 2016=11.4 · 2017=8.8 · 2018=6.7 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=4.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Garden Street Iron & Metal Inc. falls in its industry

1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automot establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #60 safest of 79 Scrap materials (e.g., automot employers in Ohio.

Garden Street Iron & Metal Inc. (35 employees, TCR 6.8) 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 Garden Street Iron & Metal Inc.
Garden Street Iron & Metal Inc. (35 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Garden Street Iron & Metal Inc. has fewer employees than the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, indus 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
2021 4.6 2.3 2 0 0
2020 4.6 2.3 2 0 0
2019 4.5 0.0 2 0 0
2018 6.7 2.3 3 0 0
2017 8.8 0.0 4 0 0
2016 11.4 2.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · OH · Cincinnati

1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,513 employers in Cincinnati, OH · 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 SA Recycling, Columbus-Parsons 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Donoho 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ERI Goodyear, AZ 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Geomet Recycling LLC 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Location 1 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nursery 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Croton Pullet 3 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hatchery 1 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center 17,011 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cincinnati Operations 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain : Evendale, OH 7,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain Evendale OH 6,400 FTE
NAT-TCR City of Scapposose 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Sutter Medical Center Sacramento (110-1001) 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR North American Forgemasters 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Ocoee Hermitage Health Center 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE City of Princeton - Fire and Rescue Department 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Niece Products of Kansas 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Missoula Store 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Twin Falls Med 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.