Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Indiana

Hartford Iron & Metal

Hartford City, IN · ~20 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hartford Iron & Metal runs at 757% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Hartford Iron & Metal: 16.7 TCR = 757% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hartford Iron & Metal safety composite

Hartford Iron & Metal scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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).

F

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

−1.1

2018→2023

Hartford Iron & Metal injury rate improved

Hartford Iron & Metal's TCR fell 1.1 from 5.8 in 2018 to 4.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 109.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.8 · 2019=25.2 · 2020=109.1 · 2021=24.0 · 2022=23.6 · 2023=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Hartford City, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 16.7 · 757% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #55/55
  • PHOTO MY AUTO STORE BUILDI…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MY AUTO STORE BUILDING J (0.2 TCR gap)

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Hartford Iron & Metal in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hartford Iron & Metal averages 16.7 TCR (757% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Hartford Iron & Metal TCR series: 2018=5.8 · 2019=25.2 · 2020=109.1 · 2021=24 · 2022=23.6 · 2023=4.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Hartford Iron & Metal falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 1% 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 #55 safest of 55 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Indiana.

Hartford Iron & Metal (20 employees, TCR 16.7) 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Hartford Iron & Metal
Hartford Iron & Metal (20 employees, TCR 16.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Hartford Iron & Metal has fewer employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale 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
2023 4.7 4.7 1 0 0
2022 23.6 9.4 5 0 0
2021 24.0 4.8 5 0 0
2020 109.1 18.2 6 0 0
2019 25.2 0.0 4 0 0
2018 5.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IN · Hartford City

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 11 employers in Hartford City, 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 MY AUTO STORE BUILDING J 16.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Concord Plastics, Inc. 17.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kinsbursky Brothers, Inc-Anaheim 16.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Colantuono & Klurman Associates Inc 16.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hoosierland Pork 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Interstate Family Farm, LLC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corydon Growout 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE HVA P&C Inc. 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hartford City 196 FTE
CITY-NEAR New Indy Containerboard Hartford City 93 FTE
CITY-NEAR New Indy Containerboard Hartford City Mill 92 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mayco Hartford City 73 FTE
NAT-TCR C1791 Waterbury 16.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Quest Trucking 16.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Blair Air, Inc. 16.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-ABS-0029-0028-00331 16.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Superior Plus - 0430 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Retail East - Bridgewater 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northern Metal Recycling Toys Scrap Eau Claire 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE NY646 Long Island WH 20 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.