Precious metals recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals · North Carolina

IMC Metals

Shelby, NC · ~104 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

IMC Metals runs at 182% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Precious metals recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals workplace, earning a grade D.

IMC Metals: 6.0 TCR = 182% of Precious metals recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

IMC Metals safety composite

IMC Metals scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−4.2

2023→2024

IMC Metals injury rate improved

IMC Metals's TCR fell 4.2 from 8.1 in 2023 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=8.1 · 2024=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331492 · Shelby, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 182% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #8/8
  • PHOTO US Zinc - Millington
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~104 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: US Zinc - Millington (0.0 TCR gap)

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IMC Metals in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows IMC Metals averages 6.0 TCR (182% of the Precious metals recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals BLS benchmark).

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

IMC Metals TCR series: 2023=8.1 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 3.3

Where IMC Metals falls in its industry

132 Precious metals recovering fro establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 8 Precious metals recovering fro employers in North Carolina.

IMC Metals (104 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate IMC Metals
IMC Metals (104 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.7

IMC Metals has more employees than the Precious metals recovering from scrap an median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 3.9 3.9 4 0 0
2023 8.1 6.8 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331492 · NC · Shelby

132 Precious metals recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 100 employers in Shelby, NC · 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 US Zinc - Millington 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Palmerton Facility 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conecsus LLC 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Material Sampling Technologies 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE N. G. Purvis Farms 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE Public Services (past E&I) 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE Integrated Power Services Burlington Service Center 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coolsys CE Holt 104 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1111-Atrium Health Cleveland (1111) 1,174 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6070 1,160 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0080-Atrium Health Cleveland 1,158 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0080-CHS Cleveland 1,093 FTE
NAT-TCR McDaniel Metals LLC 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Brentwood at Elkhart Assisted Living 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Probi USA Redmond 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Omni Tucson National Resort 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Textron Aviation - CSC Mesa 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE Raeco Builders LLC 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE Franz Bakery 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE Electric Operations Building 104 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.