Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers · Indiana

Metal X Waterloo

Waterloo, IN · ~130 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metal X Waterloo runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Metal X Waterloo: 3.1 TCR = 142% of Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metal X Waterloo safety composite

Metal X Waterloo scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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).

D

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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%).

Metal X Waterloo held a steady TCR band

Metal X Waterloo's TCR held near 0.2 from 4.3 in 2018 to 4.6 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.3 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Waterloo, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.1 · 142% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #21/55
  • PHOTO Fortune Metal Midwes…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~130 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fortune Metal Midwest, LLC GA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Metal X Waterloo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metal X Waterloo averages 3.1 TCR (142% of the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Metal X Waterloo TCR series: 2018=4.3 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=4.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Metal X Waterloo falls in its industry

1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automot establishments

Safer than 58% 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 #21 safest of 55 Scrap materials (e.g., automot employers in Indiana.

Metal X Waterloo (130 employees, TCR 3.1) 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 050100150 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Metal X Waterloo
Metal X Waterloo (130 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Metal X Waterloo has more employees than the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, indus 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
2021 4.6 3.8 6 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.6 2.2 5 0 0
2018 4.3 0.0 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IN · Waterloo

1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 13 employers in Waterloo, 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 Fortune Metal Midwest, LLC GA 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sprout California 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR ECMS (BASF Converse) 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR PRI Group 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Calumet Civil Contractors, Inc 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1030 S.Kitley AVE 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hill's Pet Nutrition Indiana Inc. 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dynamic Packaging Solutions, Inc. 130 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nucor Building Systems 448 FTE
CITY-NEAR INWAT - WATERLOO 105 FTE
CITY-NEAR Warehouse 105 FTE
CITY-NEAR WATERLOO (INWAT) 91 FTE
NAT-TCR Sparks Grocery Oultet 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Freudenberg Performance Materials LP Durham 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Bed Bath and Beyond Billings 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Bed Bath and Beyond Frisco 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Anberry Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE Monofrax 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE Byers D.C. Detroit Inc 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heartland PCA - Hibbing 130 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.