Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers · Iowa

Lakeside Auto Recyclers, Inc

Name: Lakeside Auto Recyclers, Inc Workplace Safety Data
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Carter Lake, IA · ~31 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 5.8
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Lakeside Auto Recyclers, Inc runs at 263% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Lakeside Auto Recyclers, Inc: 5.8 TCR = 263% of Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lakeside Auto Recyclers, Inc safety composite

Lakeside Auto Recyclers, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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).

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Lakeside Auto Recyclers, Inc: 0.0 → 11.6 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 11.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2018

Lakeside Auto Recyclers, Inc's TCR rose 11.6 from 0.0 in 2017 to 11.6 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Carter Lake, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.8 · 263% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #10/20
PHOTO Harris Material Exch…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Harris Material Exchange, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Lakeside Auto Recyclers, Inc averages 5.8 TCR (263% of the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Lakeside Auto Recyclers, Inc TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=11.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Lakeside Auto Recyclers, Inc falls in its industry

1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automot establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 20 Scrap materials (e.g., automot employers in Iowa.

Lakeside Auto Recyclers, Inc (31 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Lakeside Auto Recyclers, Inc has fewer employees than the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, indus 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
2018	11.6	0.0	4	0	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IA · Carter Lake

1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 8 employers in Carter Lake, IA · 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	Harris Material Exchange, Inc.	BERNE, IN	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Springfield Iron & Metal	SPRINGFIELD, MO	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Full Circle Electronics CA LLC dba Cal Micro Recycling	ONTARIO, CA	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	L. Gordon Iron & Metal Company - Monroe Street Facility	STATESVILLE, NC	5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Dupont - Pioneer Johnston Parent	JOHNSTON	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MBS Genetics, LLC	STORY CITY	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MiEnergy Cooperative - Iowa	CRESCO	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Oelwein	OELWEIN	31 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lone Mountain Truck Leasing, LLC	Carter Lake	160 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PVS (Paxton Vierling Steel) Metals	Carter Lake	131 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PVS (Paxton Vierling Steel) Structures	Carter Lake	102 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Patriot Custom Metals	Carter Lake	47 FTE
NAT-TCR	Fairmont (Wvfai)	Pleasant Valley, WV	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Decatur Hub (Ildec)	Decatur, IL	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Flagstaff (Azfla)	Flagstaff, AZ	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Action Resources - Salt Lake City	Salt Lake City, UT	5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Superior Lawns Inc.-Plainfield Branch	Plainfield, IL	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bieker Electric, Inc.	Fort Smith, AR	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Martin Overhead Garage Door Service Inc.	St. Peters, MO	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0175 - Laurel, Md	Laurel, MD	31 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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