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

Gold Metal West Recyclers

Name: Gold Metal West Recyclers Workplace Safety Data
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Dallas, TX · ~35 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 2.7
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Gold Metal West Recyclers runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Gold Metal West Recyclers: 2.7 TCR = 124% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gold Metal West Recyclers safety composite

Gold Metal West Recyclers scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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).

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

Gold Metal West Recyclers: 0.0 → 5.5 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 5.5 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2018

Gold Metal West Recyclers's TCR rose 5.5 from 0.0 in 2017 to 5.5 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Dallas, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.7 · 124% of ind

DART 5.5 DART
RANK #40/101
PHOTO Exotech, Inc.
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Exotech, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.8
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2.7
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2.7
SSP Oakland

2.7
Franklin Iron

2.7

What this shows Gold Metal West Recyclers averages 2.7 TCR (124% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Gold Metal West Recyclers TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=5.5 · BLS 2.2

Where Gold Metal West Recyclers falls in its industry

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

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 101 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Texas.

Gold Metal West Recyclers (35 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Gold Metal West Recyclers 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
2018	5.5	5.5	1	0	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · TX · Dallas

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 2,187 employers in Dallas, TX · 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	Exotech, Inc.	POMPANO BEACH, FL	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SSP Oakland	OAKLAND, CA	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Franklin Iron & Metal Corp.	DAYTON, OH	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SA Recycling Tucson	TUCSON, AZ	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Southwest Feedyard	HEREFORD	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CDF Dairy	HARTLEY	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. - Marion, TX	MARION	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Growers Select Produce, Inc.	MISSION	35 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AECOM DCS (US Operations)	Dallas	15,100 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rexel USA, Inc	Dallas	8,356 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1 CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER OF DALLAS	Dallas	6,147 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HDQ - Headquarters	Dallas	5,764 FTE
NAT-TCR	G & W Equipment - Greensboro	Greensboro, NC	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lasko Products LLC PA	West Chester, PA	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Stadium Food and Beverage	Charlotte, NC	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	ANRAL - Raleigh- NC	Garner, NC	2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Kedplasma - Gastonia	Gastonia, NC	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Glaxo Smith Kline LLC RDC	York, PA	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	7100504 - ALT Olympus Chantilly	Chantilly, VA	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	TMCo Inc	Wewoka, OK	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: 2018, 2017. 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.