Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Missouri

Midwest Scrap Management KC

Kansas City, MO · ~101 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Midwest Scrap Management KC runs at 328% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Midwest Scrap Management KC: 7.2 TCR = 328% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Midwest Scrap Management KC safety composite

Midwest Scrap Management KC 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).

D

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

−5.2

2016→2018

Midwest Scrap Management KC injury rate improved

Midwest Scrap Management KC's TCR fell 5.2 from 11.3 in 2016 to 6.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.3 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=6.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Kansas City, MO ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 328% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #30/37
  • PHOTO WTE RECYCLING
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~101 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WTE RECYCLING (0.0 TCR gap)

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Midwest Scrap Management KC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Midwest Scrap Management KC averages 7.2 TCR (328% 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

Midwest Scrap Management KC TCR series: 2016=11.3 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=6.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Midwest Scrap Management KC falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

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

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 37 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Missouri.

Midwest Scrap Management KC (101 employees, TCR 7.2) 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 020406080100120 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Midwest Scrap Management KC
Midwest Scrap Management KC (101 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Midwest Scrap Management KC 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
2018 6.1 3.0 8 0 0
2017 4.3 3.4 5 0 0
2016 11.3 4.1 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · MO · Kansas City

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 1,023 employers in Kansas City, MO · 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 WTE RECYCLING 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SC Columbus, MS 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Timm' s Auto, Inc 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Industrial metals Recycling Corporation 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fulton 101 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bleigh Construction Company 101 FTE
STATE-SIZE Drury Development Corporation 101 FTE
STATE-SIZE St Louis, MO HVAC 101 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mass Service Organization 11,859 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hallmark Cards Mass Channel 11,578 FTE
CITY-NEAR Global Merchandising Services (GMS) 9,548 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's Mercy - Missouri 7,709 FTE
NAT-TCR Rai Crew Mia 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 0426 - New Braunfels, Tx 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 1730 LKQ/Keystone 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Location #1 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE EC039 - Kansas City, KS-0300 101 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marietta Center 101 FTE
NAT-SIZE Port Reading - PRD 101 FTE
NAT-SIZE HH - Queens CSC 101 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.