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

Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lafayette, Inc.

Lafayette, LA · ~33 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lafayette, Inc. runs at 195% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lafayette, Inc.: 4.3 TCR = 195% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lafayette, Inc. safety composite

Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lafayette, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.9

2023→2024

Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lafayette, Inc. injury rate improved

Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lafayette, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.9 from 5.8 in 2023 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=5.8 · 2024=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Lafayette, LA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 195% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #15/18
  • PHOTO Columbus Metals Indu…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Columbus Metals Industries (0.0 TCR gap)

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Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lafayette, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lafayette, Inc. averages 4.3 TCR (195% 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

Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lafayette, Inc. TCR series: 2023=5.8 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lafayette, Inc. falls in its industry

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

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 18 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Louisiana.

Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lafayette, Inc. (33 employees, TCR 4.3) 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 Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lafayette, Inc.
Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lafayette, Inc. (33 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lafayette, Inc. has fewer 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 2.9 0.0 1 0 0
2023 5.8 2.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · LA · Lafayette

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 312 employers in Lafayette, LA · 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 Columbus Metals Industries 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Regency Technologies - Chicago 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alter Metal Recycling - Behr Iron and Metal - Rockford 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR ERI Plainfield, IN 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Riverside Plant 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wilkinson Technologies 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Soil Environmental, Inc. 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pineville Service Center 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Acadian Ambulance 3,166 FTE
CITY-NEAR OLG Lafayette General Medical Center 2,489 FTE
CITY-NEAR Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Inc. 1,348 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stuller, Inc. Global Headquarters 1,330 FTE
NAT-TCR 1195 - Chesterfield MO 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Windsor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Duval 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Munson Home Care 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR JBS Contracting, Inc. 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Baldwin's Forest Products, Inc. 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE North Ice Cream Freezer 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nilssen's Inc. 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lee Building Products (Murfreesboro) 33 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.