Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers · Ohio

Legend Smelting and Recycling, LLC

Hebron, OH · ~75 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Legend Smelting and Recycling, LLC runs at 553% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Legend Smelting and Recycling, LLC: 12.2 TCR = 553% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Legend Smelting and Recycling, LLC safety composite

Legend Smelting and Recycling, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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

−15.5

2021→2024

Legend Smelting and Recycling, LLC injury rate improved

Legend Smelting and Recycling, LLC's TCR fell 15.5 from 18.8 in 2021 to 3.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 22.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=18.8 · 2022=22.9 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 12.2 · 553% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #77/79
  • PHOTO Brenner Recycling
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~75 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Brenner Recycling (0.0 TCR gap)

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Legend Smelting and Recycling, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Legend Smelting and Recycling, LLC averages 12.2 TCR (553% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Legend Smelting and Recycling, LLC TCR series: 2021=18.8 · 2022=22.9 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Legend Smelting and Recycling, LLC falls in its industry

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl establishments

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

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #77 safest of 79 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Ohio.

Legend Smelting and Recycling, LLC (75 employees, TCR 12.2) 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 Legend Smelting and Recycling, LLC
Legend Smelting and Recycling, LLC (75 employees, TCR 12.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Legend Smelting and Recycling, LLC has more employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal 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 3.2 1.6 2 0 0
2023 3.7 1.8 1 1 0
2022 22.9 13.7 9 1 0
2021 18.8 9.4 7 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · OH · Hebron

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 43 employers in Hebron, OH · 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 Brenner Recycling 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR RECYCLE FOR CHANGE 12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR IRON & METALS, INC. 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2700 E. 47th Facility 12.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bardshar Wholesale 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Newark Service Center 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE D.R. Horton, Inc. - Midwest (Columbus) 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kirk Bros Co, Inc. 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR MPW Industrial Services, Inc. - Hebron 676 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hopewell Harry & David 622 FTE
CITY-NEAR Harry & David 498 FTE
CITY-NEAR THK Manufacturing of American, INC 456 FTE
NAT-TCR East Hanover Nj 12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Snowmass Ski Area 12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR The Enclave of Scarborough 12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Mnmpl - Maple Grove 12.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Oncology Product Line 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Encompass Manufacuturing 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trace-A-Matic Prosource 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lumbermen Associates Inc 75 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, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.