Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Ohio

Midwest Steel & Alloy

Youngstown, OH · ~19 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Midwest Steel & Alloy runs at 444% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Midwest Steel & Alloy: 9.8 TCR = 444% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Midwest Steel & Alloy safety composite

Midwest Steel & Alloy scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

−16.2

2021→2023

Midwest Steel & Alloy injury rate improved

Midwest Steel & Alloy's TCR fell 16.2 from 22.8 in 2021 to 6.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 22.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=22.8 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=6.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Youngstown, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.8 · 444% of ind

  • DART 6.5 DART
  • RANK #71/79
  • PHOTO BRANCH 50
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BRANCH 50 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Midwest Steel & Alloy in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Midwest Steel & Alloy averages 9.8 TCR (444% 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 Steel & Alloy TCR series: 2021=22.8 · 2022=0 · 2023=6.5 · BLS 2.2

Where Midwest Steel & Alloy falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #71 safest of 79 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Ohio.

Midwest Steel & Alloy (19 employees, TCR 9.8) 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 024681012 Average employees Total Case Rate Midwest Steel & Alloy
Midwest Steel & Alloy (19 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Midwest Steel & Alloy has fewer 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
2023 6.5 6.5 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 22.8 11.4 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · OH · Youngstown

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 276 employers in Youngstown, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR BRANCH 50 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Reliable Tire Disposal 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Morristown Iron and Metal 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Royal Paper Stock - Columbus, Ohio 9.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE 514-NiSource-Fremont OH Ofc Serv 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Del-Co Water Company - 6658 Olentangy River Rd 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maronda Homes LLC of Ohio-Cincinnati Office 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dunlop & Johnston, Inc. 19 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Elizabeth Health Center 2,702 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health St Elizabeth Health Hospital 2,679 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ohio Edison Company 832 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vallourec Star, LP 681 FTE
NAT-TCR Ram Forest Products, Inc. 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbia Landcare LLC 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Xo Windows, LLC 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bel Air 510-Sacramento 9.8 TCR

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: 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.