Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Minnesota

K & K Metal Recycling

Minneapolis, MN · ~39 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

K & K Metal Recycling runs at 332% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

K & K Metal Recycling: 7.3 TCR = 332% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

K & K Metal Recycling safety composite

K & K Metal Recycling scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

−2.8

2018→2024

K & K Metal Recycling injury rate improved

K & K Metal Recycling's TCR fell 2.8 from 9.2 in 2018 to 6.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=9.2 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=6.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Minneapolis, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 332% of ind

  • DART 6.4 DART
  • RANK #8/15
  • PHOTO Kuusakoski Glass
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kuusakoski Glass (0.0 TCR gap)

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K & K Metal Recycling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows K & K Metal Recycling averages 7.3 TCR (332% 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

K & K Metal Recycling TCR series: 2018=9.2 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=6.4 · BLS 2.2

Where K & K Metal Recycling falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 15 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Minnesota.

K & K Metal Recycling (39 employees, TCR 7.3) 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate K & K Metal Recycling
K & K Metal Recycling (39 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

K & K Metal Recycling 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
2024 6.4 6.4 2 0 0
2023 6.4 3.2 2 0 0
2018 9.2 9.2 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · MN · Minneapolis

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 1,321 employers in Minneapolis, MN · 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 Kuusakoski Glass 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vintage Tech PA 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sprout Massachusetts 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fortune Dallas 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Detroit Lakes Hatchery 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Your Home Improvement Company - St Cloud 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE AP Shared Services 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Minnesota Twin Cities 22,522 FTE
CITY-NEAR MN950 MN TELECOMMUTER 12,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0501 - City Center 8,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hennepin County Medical Center 7,030 FTE
NAT-TCR Denew - Christiana 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Cafoa - Scs Jurupa Distribution Center - 11546 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Tahoe Donner Association 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Holiday Inn Express Annapolis East Kent Island 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fletcher-Reinhardt Company 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Belton Service Center 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lawrence Service Center 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE VWGoA Los Angeles PDC 39 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, 2018. 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.