Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Colorado

Iron & Metals, Inc.

Denver, CO · ~57 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Iron & Metals, Inc. runs at 559% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Iron & Metals, Inc.: 12.3 TCR = 559% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Iron & Metals, Inc. safety composite

Iron & Metals, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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

−4.3

2021→2023

Iron & Metals, Inc. injury rate improved

Iron & Metals, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.3 from 13.6 in 2021 to 9.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 14.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=13.6 · 2022=14.0 · 2023=9.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Denver, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.3 · 559% of ind

  • DART 7.8 DART
  • RANK #14/15
  • PHOTO RECYCLE FOR CHANGE
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RECYCLE FOR CHANGE (0.1 TCR gap)

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Iron & Metals, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Iron & Metals, Inc. averages 12.3 TCR (559% 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

Iron & Metals, Inc. TCR series: 2021=13.6 · 2022=14 · 2023=9.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Iron & Metals, Inc. falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 15 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Colorado.

Iron & Metals, Inc. (57 employees, TCR 12.3) 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Iron & Metals, Inc.
Iron & Metals, Inc. (57 employees, TCR 12.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Iron & Metals, Inc. 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
2023 9.3 7.8 6 0 0
2022 14.0 8.7 8 0 0
2021 13.6 6.8 4 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · CO · Denver

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 1,757 employers in Denver, CO · 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 RECYCLE FOR CHANGE 12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Holmes Road Recycling 12.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shine Bros Corp 12.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Legend Smelting and Recycling, LLC 12.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rocky Mountain Tillage LLC.- Steele 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kuner Feedlot 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Colorado Egg LLC 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Timber Creek Energy 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEN DEN 9,832 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-DEN 6,769 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEN - Airport United Airlines Offices 5,277 FTE
CITY-NEAR CO-01 4,581 FTE
NAT-TCR The Fountains at Crystal Lake 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Rocky Mountain Care Center 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Mubea Stabilizer Bars 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR RITZ machine works usa llc 12.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Crestwood Chula Vista 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quikrete - Cle 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quikrete - Stl 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE GPR Company, Inc. 57 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. 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.