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

Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lake Charles, LLC

Lake Charles, LA · ~38 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lake Charles, LLC runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lake Charles, LLC: 1.9 TCR = 87% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lake Charles, LLC safety composite

Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lake Charles, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% 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

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−3.6

2016→2024

Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lake Charles, LLC injury rate improved

Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lake Charles, LLC's TCR fell 3.6 from 3.6 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.6 · 2017=3.0 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Lake Charles, LA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 1.9 · 87% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/18
  • PHOTO Broadway Iron & Meta…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Broadway Iron & Metal Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lake Charles, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lake Charles, LLC averages 1.9 TCR (87% 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 Lake Charles, LLC TCR series: 2016=3.6 · 2017=3 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lake Charles, LLC falls in its industry

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

Safer than 76% 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 #8 safest of 18 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Louisiana.

Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lake Charles, LLC (38 employees, TCR 1.9) 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 Lake Charles, LLC
Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lake Charles, LLC (38 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Lake Charles, LLC has fewer employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2021 1.7 0.0 1 0 0
2020 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2019 3.5 3.5 2 0 0
2018 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2017 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2016 3.6 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · LA · Lake Charles

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 · 197 employers in Lake Charles, 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 Broadway Iron & Metal Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR AMR 12th St. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Western Metals Recycling - Plymouth 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fortune Plastic & Metal 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE START Building 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE River Parish Maintenance at Occidental Chemical Taft, Louisiana 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE M.D. Descant, LLC 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Performance Contractors, Inc. - Firestone Polymers 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Golden Nugget Lake Charles 2,182 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lauberge Casino Resort 1,973 FTE
CITY-NEAR Westlake Chemical Sout 1,063 FTE
CITY-NEAR Westlake Chemical South 1,054 FTE
NAT-TCR ABH Enterprises 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR PNGI Charles Town Gaming, LLC dba Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 140-Atlanta 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 170-Oklahoma City 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Blanski Energy Management, Inc. 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1660 Kenneth Drive 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE SC - Georgetown 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Luxottica Retail Rx Operations Cincinnati 38 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.