Removal of recyclable materials from a waste stream · North Carolina

Lee Iron & Metal Co. Inc.

Sanford, NC · ~39 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lee Iron & Metal Co. Inc. runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Removal of recyclable materials from a waste stream workplace, earning a grade D.

Lee Iron & Metal Co. Inc.: 3.5 TCR = 135% of Removal of recyclable materials from a waste stream BLS 2.6 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lee Iron & Metal Co. Inc. safety composite

Lee Iron & Metal Co. Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−7.8

2016→2024

Lee Iron & Metal Co. Inc. injury rate improved

Lee Iron & Metal Co. Inc.'s TCR fell 7.8 from 7.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.8 · 2017=7.6 · 2018=0.0 · 2020=9.1 · 2021=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562920 · Sanford, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 135% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/13
  • PHOTO Recycling
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Recycling (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lee Iron & Metal Co. Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lee Iron & Metal Co. Inc. averages 3.5 TCR (135% of the Removal of recyclable materials from a waste stream BLS benchmark).

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

Lee Iron & Metal Co. Inc. TCR series: 2016=7.8 · 2017=7.6 · 2018=0 · 2020=9.1 · 2021=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.6

Where Lee Iron & Metal Co. Inc. falls in its industry

422 Removal of recyclable material establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 13 Removal of recyclable material employers in North Carolina.

Lee Iron & Metal Co. Inc. (39 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Lee Iron & Metal Co. Inc.
Lee Iron & Metal Co. Inc. (39 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Lee Iron & Metal Co. Inc. has fewer employees than the Removal of recyclable materials from a w median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 9.1 6.0 3 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 7.6 2.5 3 0 0
2016 7.8 2.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562920 · NC · Sanford

422 Removal of recyclable materials from a waste stream employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 121 employers in Sanford, 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 Recycling 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Premier Recycle Company 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tervita Denver Office and CO Field Operations 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Custom Excavating by Dean Larson Inc. 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Taylor's Nursery-Louisburg 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE B & S Farming, Inc. 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jeffery C Lee Farms, INC 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sullivan Farms Inc. 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR Coty US LLC 1,264 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pentair Sanford Hawkins Ave 937 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sanford, NC 772 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pentair Water Pool and Spa 768 FTE
NAT-TCR PrintXcel 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Maloof Weathertight Solutions, LLC 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR ACME Electric 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Becco Contractors Inc 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lake City Terminal 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Medical Center Kingsley 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rueters Grand Junction 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Presby Construction Inc. 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, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.