General-line scrap merchant wholesalers · Oregon

Metro Metals Northwest

Portland, OR · ~134 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metro Metals Northwest runs at 566% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General-line scrap merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Metro Metals Northwest: 12.4 TCR = 566% of General-line scrap merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metro Metals Northwest safety composite

Metro Metals Northwest scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

−13.7

2018→2021

Metro Metals Northwest injury rate improved

Metro Metals Northwest's TCR fell 13.7 from 22.4 in 2018 to 8.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 22.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=22.4 · 2019=8.0 · 2020=10.8 · 2021=8.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Portland, OR ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 12.4 · 566% of ind

  • DART 7.1 DART
  • RANK #17/18
  • PHOTO Shine Bros Corp
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 58 inj
  • SIZE ~134 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Shine Bros Corp (0.0 TCR gap)

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Metro Metals Northwest in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metro Metals Northwest averages 12.4 TCR (566% of the General-line scrap merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Metro Metals Northwest TCR series: 2018=22.4 · 2019=8 · 2020=10.8 · 2021=8.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Metro Metals Northwest falls in its industry

1,126 General-line scrap merchant wh establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 18 General-line scrap merchant wh employers in Oregon.

Metro Metals Northwest (134 employees, TCR 12.4) 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Metro Metals Northwest
Metro Metals Northwest (134 employees, TCR 12.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Metro Metals Northwest has more employees than the General-line scrap merchant wholesalers 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 8.6 7.1 11 0 0
2020 10.8 7.7 14 0 0
2019 8.0 6.2 9 0 0
2018 22.4 17.7 24 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · OR · Portland

1,126 General-line scrap merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 1,728 employers in Portland, OR · 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 Shine Bros Corp 12.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ben Weitsman & Son of New Castle LLC 12.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Holmes Road Recycling 12.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR IRON & METALS, INC. 12.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tualatin Valley Water District 134 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fred Shearer and Sons 134 FTE
STATE-SIZE Packaging Resources Company Tualatin 134 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Shelter Services 134 FTE
CITY-NEAR OHSU Main Campus 18,003 FTE
CITY-NEAR OR349 PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CTR-PORTLA 4,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR OR346 PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CTR-PORTLAND 3,684 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2252-00000530 3,498 FTE
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Sharp Memorial Hospital - Hskg 12.4 TCR
NAT-TCR AmeriGas - Kansas City MO 12.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Four Corners Health Care Center 12.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Progro Partners of Colorado 12.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Instrumentation : Hatfield 134 FTE
NAT-SIZE AMG Industries LLC 134 FTE
NAT-SIZE 49361w - West Valley Plant 134 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corteva Agriscience- Hedrick Production 134 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.