Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Arizona

Liberty Iron & Metal Southwest, LLC

Phoenix, AZ · ~116 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Liberty Iron & Metal Southwest, LLC runs at 715% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Liberty Iron & Metal Southwest, LLC: 15.7 TCR = 715% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Liberty Iron & Metal Southwest, LLC safety composite

Liberty Iron & Metal Southwest, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

−19.1

2016→2017

Liberty Iron & Metal Southwest, LLC injury rate improved

Liberty Iron & Metal Southwest, LLC's TCR fell 19.1 from 25.3 in 2016 to 6.2 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 25.3 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=25.3 · 2017=6.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Phoenix, AZ ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 15.7 · 715% of ind

  • DART 6.2 DART
  • RANK #19/19
  • PHOTO Goodwill West Pike R…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~116 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Goodwill West Pike Recycling (0.2 TCR gap)

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Liberty Iron & Metal Southwest, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Liberty Iron & Metal Southwest, LLC averages 15.7 TCR (715% 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

Liberty Iron & Metal Southwest, LLC TCR series: 2016=25.3 · 2017=6.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Liberty Iron & Metal Southwest, LLC falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 19 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Arizona.

Liberty Iron & Metal Southwest, LLC (116 employees, TCR 15.7) 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 050100150 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Liberty Iron & Metal Southwest, LLC
Liberty Iron & Metal Southwest, LLC (116 employees, TCR 15.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Liberty Iron & Metal Southwest, LLC 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
2017 6.2 6.2 7 0 0
2016 25.3 18.6 24 10 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · AZ · Phoenix

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 2,630 employers in Phoenix, AZ · 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 Goodwill West Pike Recycling 15.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Alloys and Metals Santa Fe Springs 16.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bryan Iron & Metal 16.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR GEL Port Orange 15.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Southwest Energy Solutions (South / TEP) 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spectra Electrical Services 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lucid Motors Gila Bend 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE WILLIE ITULE PRODUCE, INC. 116 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maricopa County 15,504 FTE
CITY-NEAR Phoenix Children's Hospital 7,575 FTE
CITY-NEAR All Company 6,261 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030500 6,153 FTE
NAT-TCR Cstk Okc 15.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Wl-Hhh1-Spring Arbor Wilmington 15.7 TCR
NAT-TCR main enterprises 15.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Western State Hospital 15.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Assisted Transportation Services - Kansas City 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE CC019 - Snohomish Office 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gastonia (Ncgas) 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heritage Health - Danville 116 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: 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.