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

Metal X Auburn

Auburn, IN · ~50 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metal X Auburn runs at 323% 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.

Metal X Auburn: 7.1 TCR = 323% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metal X Auburn safety composite

Metal X Auburn scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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 7.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Metal X Auburn: 4.0 → 14.8 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 14.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.6× in 2021

Metal X Auburn's TCR rose 10.8 from 4.0 in 2018 to 14.8 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Auburn, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 323% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #44/55
  • PHOTO Recleim SC LLC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Recleim SC LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Metal X Auburn in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metal X Auburn averages 7.1 TCR (323% 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

Metal X Auburn TCR series: 2018=4 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=14.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Metal X Auburn falls in its industry

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

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #44 safest of 55 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Indiana.

Metal X Auburn (50 employees, TCR 7.1) 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 Metal X Auburn
Metal X Auburn (50 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Metal X Auburn 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
2021 14.8 4.2 7 0 0
2020 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2019 7.2 1.8 4 0 0
2018 4.0 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IN · Auburn

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 50 employers in Auburn, 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 Recleim SC LLC 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bob's Metals Inc. 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR J. Solotken & Co., Inc. 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR PnP Little Rock 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE The Sergio Corporation 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smock Fansler Corporation 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE MacDougall Pierce Construction 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE McCrite Milling 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR DeKalb Health 641 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6074 575 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cooper Standard Automotive 503 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6074 502 FTE
NAT-TCR Recleim SC LLC 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Bed Bath and Beyond Downey 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR buybuy Baby Fresno 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 1097 - Frisco Tx Whse 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Conley Tech Center 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Green Acres Outdoor Living LLC 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Veitsch-Radex America, LLC 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grapids Heating and Cooling, Inc. 50 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. 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.