Plastics scrap merchant wholesalers · Indiana

Harris Material Exchange, Inc.

Berne, IN · ~49 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Harris Material Exchange, Inc. runs at 264% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plastics scrap merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Harris Material Exchange, Inc.: 5.8 TCR = 264% of Plastics scrap merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Harris Material Exchange, Inc. safety composite

Harris Material Exchange, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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

−8.5

2016→2024

Harris Material Exchange, Inc. injury rate improved

Harris Material Exchange, Inc.'s TCR fell 8.5 from 8.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.5 · 2017=11.2 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=4.0 · 2020=10.2 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=6.5 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Berne, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.8 · 264% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #38/55
  • PHOTO Lakeside Auto Recycl…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lakeside Auto Recyclers, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Harris Material Exchange, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Harris Material Exchange, Inc. averages 5.8 TCR (264% of the Plastics scrap merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Harris Material Exchange, Inc. TCR series: 2016=8.5 · 2017=11.2 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=4 · 2020=10.2 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=6.5 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Harris Material Exchange, Inc. falls in its industry

1,126 Plastics scrap merchant wholes establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 55 Plastics scrap merchant wholes employers in Indiana.

Harris Material Exchange, Inc. (49 employees, TCR 5.8) 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 Harris Material Exchange, Inc.
Harris Material Exchange, Inc. (49 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Harris Material Exchange, Inc. has more employees than the Plastics scrap 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2022 6.5 6.5 5 0 0
2021 3.8 1.9 2 0 0
2020 10.2 8.1 5 0 0
2019 4.0 2.0 2 0 0
2018 6.5 6.5 3 0 0
2017 11.2 4.5 5 0 0
2016 8.5 4.2 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IN · Berne

1,126 Plastics scrap merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 10 employers in Berne, IN · 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 Lakeside Auto Recyclers, Inc 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR L. Gordon Iron & Metal Company - Monroe Street Facility 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR PnP Oakland 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alter Metal Recycling - Green Bay 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Freeland Dairy 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hoosier Pride Farms, LLC 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Windfall Multi-Crop Research Center 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer Rush1 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smith Brothers of Berne 527 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swiss Village Retirement Community 302 FTE
CITY-NEAR EP Graphics 137 FTE
CITY-NEAR Poseidon Barge - Berne 86 FTE
NAT-TCR Osage Nursing Center 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bailey Manufacturing Co., LLC. 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR DFI 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR At Home Stores #42 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tampa Terminal 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE white springs terminal 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Randleman NC 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE NA-US-OR-Portland-NE 112th Avenue 49 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, 2023, 2022, 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.