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

Northern Metal Recycling Becker

Becker, MN · ~60 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northern Metal Recycling Becker runs at 511% 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.

Northern Metal Recycling Becker: 11.3 TCR = 511% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northern Metal Recycling Becker safety composite

Northern Metal Recycling Becker scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

−10.2

2020→2023

Northern Metal Recycling Becker injury rate improved

Northern Metal Recycling Becker's TCR fell 10.2 from 19.3 in 2020 to 9.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 19.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=19.3 · 2021=10.0 · 2022=6.6 · 2023=9.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Becker, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.3 · 511% of ind

  • DART 5.7 DART
  • RANK #13/15
  • PHOTO MetalX Auburn
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MetalX Auburn (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northern Metal Recycling Becker in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northern Metal Recycling Becker averages 11.3 TCR (511% 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

Northern Metal Recycling Becker TCR series: 2020=19.3 · 2021=10 · 2022=6.6 · 2023=9.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Northern Metal Recycling Becker falls in its industry

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

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 15 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Minnesota.

Northern Metal Recycling Becker (60 employees, TCR 11.3) 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Northern Metal Recycling Becker
Northern Metal Recycling Becker (60 employees, TCR 11.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Northern Metal Recycling Becker 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
2023 9.1 5.7 7 1 0
2022 6.6 4.0 5 0 0
2021 10.0 8.6 7 0 0
2020 19.3 10.7 8 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · MN · Becker

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 26 employers in Becker, MN · 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 MetalX Auburn 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tear A Part, LLC (Salt Lake City) 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR PADNOS Wyoming Metals 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Reserve Iron Ohio 11.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Living Greens Farm 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Sweden Dairy 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Customer Service Support 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Twin Cities Specialties 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sherco Generating Plant 301 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sherco Gen Plant-LN 264 FTE
CITY-NEAR High School 224 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Becker 221 FTE
NAT-TCR 4054-ABS-0017-0016-02952 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-SWY-0029-0029-02228 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-SWY-0029-0029-02169 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Impullitti Landscaping 11.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brooklyn Heights 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE RK-056-Tiffin ( RK-056 ) 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE RK-057-Huber Heights ( RK-057 ) 60 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.