Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Washington

Metro Metals NW

Tacoma, WA · ~47 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
23.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metro Metals NW runs at 1068% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Metro Metals NW: 23.5 TCR = 1068% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metro Metals NW safety composite

Metro Metals NW scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 23.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 18.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

Metro Metals NW: 19.4 → 27.6 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 27.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.78× in 2021

Metro Metals NW's TCR rose 8.2 from 19.4 in 2020 to 27.6 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Tacoma, WA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 23.5 · 1068% of ind

  • DART 18.4 DART
  • RANK #9/9
  • PHOTO Langley Recycling of…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Langley Recycling of Topeka (1.1 TCR gap)

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Metro Metals NW in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metro Metals NW averages 23.5 TCR (1068% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Metro Metals NW TCR series: 2020=19.4 · 2021=27.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Metro Metals NW falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 9 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Washington.

Metro Metals NW (47 employees, TCR 23.5) 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Metro Metals NW
Metro Metals NW (47 employees, TCR 23.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Metro Metals NW has more employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale 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 27.6 18.4 12 0 0
2020 19.4 10.8 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · WA · Tacoma

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 445 employers in Tacoma, WA · 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 Langley Recycling of Topeka 24.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CIM TRANSPORTATION 22.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR CASS NV, LLC 20.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Upstate Shredding 20.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Longview ST. Helens 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stemilt Ag Services (Administration) 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE RAH Washington Division Office/Home Gallery 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE IMAC Inc 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tacoma General Hospital (Companied 10 & 20) 3,718 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Tacoma 3,689 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tacoma General Hospital 3,247 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2643-46080001-460801 3,061 FTE
NAT-TCR Avalon Care Center- Sonora LLC 23.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Focus on Residential Services 23.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Executive Bus Builders 23.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Longs Peak Dairy LLC - Pierce 23.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 42121f - Norwich Pec 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE MO Office 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elk River MN Thrift Store 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE 43381r - Lowell Ar Ges Pec 47 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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