Aluminum ingot, secondary smelting of aluminum and manufacturing · Indiana

Metal Source, LLC

Wabash, IN · ~63 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metal Source, LLC runs at 266% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Aluminum ingot, secondary smelting of aluminum and manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Metal Source, LLC: 8.8 TCR = 266% of Aluminum ingot, secondary smelting of aluminum and manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metal Source, LLC safety composite

Metal Source, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

−9.0

2016→2021

Metal Source, LLC injury rate improved

Metal Source, LLC's TCR fell 9.0 from 10.9 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 15.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.9 · 2018=5.8 · 2019=15.8 · 2020=9.5 · 2021=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331314 · Wabash, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.8 · 266% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #12/14
  • PHOTO NLN plant
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NLN plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Metal Source, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metal Source, LLC averages 8.8 TCR (266% of the Aluminum ingot, secondary smelting of aluminum and manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Metal Source, LLC TCR series: 2016=10.9 · 2018=5.8 · 2019=15.8 · 2020=9.5 · 2021=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Metal Source, LLC falls in its industry

103 Aluminum ingot, secondary smel establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 14 Aluminum ingot, secondary smel employers in Indiana.

Metal Source, LLC (63 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300400500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Metal Source, LLC
Metal Source, LLC (63 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Metal Source, LLC has fewer employees than the Aluminum ingot, secondary smelting of al median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2021 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2020 9.5 9.5 5 0 0
2019 15.8 15.8 8 0 0
2018 5.8 5.8 3 0 0
2016 10.9 3.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331314 · IN · Wabash

103 Aluminum ingot, secondary smelting of aluminum and manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 49 employers in Wabash, IN · 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 NLN plant 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Matalco Canton 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metal Source, LLC (GHR07) 9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vista Metals Corp 8.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Total Seed Production 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Johnson County REMC 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Loren Wood Builders 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE RLTurner 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc. 685 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc. (Wabash) 581 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1667 285 FTE
CITY-NEAR White's Residential and Family Services 274 FTE
NAT-TCR Reno CCA 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Missoula Health & Rehab 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 6458-ZOKL 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 257680-Port Huron Po 8.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Southerland, Oklahoma Plant 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Golden Corral 590 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sutter Medical Foundation (185-256) 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Traverse City Products LLC 63 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.