Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Ohio

Interstate Shredding, LLC

Name: Interstate Shredding, LLC Workplace Safety Data
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Girard, OH · ~47 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.4
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Interstate Shredding, LLC runs at 428% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Interstate Shredding, LLC: 9.4 TCR = 428% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Interstate Shredding, LLC safety composite

Interstate Shredding, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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).

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.59 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%).

TCR Δ

−7.6

2016→2017

Interstate Shredding, LLC injury rate improved

Interstate Shredding, LLC's TCR fell 7.6 from 13.2 in 2016 to 5.6 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 13.2 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.2 · 2017=5.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 9.4 · 428% of ind

DART 5.6 DART
RANK #69/79
PHOTO Ben Weitsman & Son o…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ben Weitsman & Son of Rochester LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Interstate Shredding, LLC averages 9.4 TCR (428% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Interstate Shredding, LLC TCR series: 2016=13.2 · 2017=5.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Interstate Shredding, LLC falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #69 safest of 79 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Ohio.

Interstate Shredding, LLC (47 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Interstate Shredding, LLC has more 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
2017	5.6	5.6	3	0	0
2016	13.2	13.2	6	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · OH · Girard

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 29 employers in Girard, OH · 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	Ben Weitsman & Son of Rochester LLC	ROCHESTER, NY	9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hutcherson Metals, Inc.	HALLS, TN	9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Eco-Cycle 6400	BOULDER, CO	9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Alter Metal Recycling - Bettendorf WHS	BETTENDORF, IA	9.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Gerber Farm Division	KIDRON	47 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MDP Acquisition LLC	WAUSEON	47 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Potemkin Industries, Inc.	MOUNT VERNON	47 FTE
STATE-SIZE	259-NiSource-Springfield OH	SPRINGFIELD	47 FTE
CITY-NEAR	VEC, Inc.	Girard	282 FTE
CITY-NEAR	OHTRU - TRUMBULL	Girard	217 FTE
CITY-NEAR	TRUMBULL (OHTRU)	Girard	196 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Altronic	Girard	182 FTE
NAT-TCR	Middleton Center (Wimid)	Middleton, WI	9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Joliet (Iljol)	Rockdale, IL	9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Dutch Valley Food Development - New Holland	New Holland, PA	9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Trappers Cove Apartments	Lansing, MI	9.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Davis Core & Pad INC.	Cave Spring, GA	47 FTE
NAT-SIZE	N and R of Miner Inc	Sikeston, MO	47 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Manheim Keystone Pennsylvania	Grantville, PA	47 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Regional Boat Maintenance Center-RBMC	Kingsland, GA	47 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: 2017, 2016. 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.