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

Metro Scrap Metals

North Little Rock, AR · ~52 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metro Scrap Metals runs at 419% 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.

Metro Scrap Metals: 9.2 TCR = 419% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metro Scrap Metals safety composite

Metro Scrap Metals scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

−13.9

2017→2024

Metro Scrap Metals injury rate improved

Metro Scrap Metals's TCR fell 13.9 from 20.2 in 2017 to 6.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 20.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=20.2 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=6.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · North Little Rock, AR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.2 · 419% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #10/11
  • PHOTO Joseph Freedman Co.,…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Joseph Freedman Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Metro Scrap Metals in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metro Scrap Metals averages 9.2 TCR (419% 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

Metro Scrap Metals TCR series: 2017=20.2 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=6.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Metro Scrap Metals falls in its industry

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

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 11 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Arkansas.

Metro Scrap Metals (52 employees, TCR 9.2) 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 Metro Scrap Metals
Metro Scrap Metals (52 employees, TCR 9.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Metro Scrap Metals 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
2024 6.3 2.1 3 0 0
2023 7.8 1.9 4 0 0
2022 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2017 20.2 18.0 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · AR · North Little Rock

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 149 employers in North Little Rock, AR · 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 Joseph Freedman Co., Inc. 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southern Recycling, LLC. 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Alloys and Metals Columbus 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Neighborhood Recycling 9.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Parks Brothers Farms, Inc. 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Peco Foods Hatchery 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri Star Contractors, LLC 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE AR 1a 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR AR Little Rock 4,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maverick North Little Rock, AR 1,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR EngageMED 1,100 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Medical Center - North Little Rock 1,002 FTE
NAT-TCR Gas Construction Livonia 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR JONDO LTD - Rocklin, CA 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Thermo King Midwest Inc 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Norco Metal Finishing, Inc. 9.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Town of Normal - Public Works 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alabama Dumpster 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Henkels & McCoy, Inc - Houston, TX 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE G.P. Transport, Inc. 52 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.