Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Minnesota

Northern Metal Recycling Great Western St Paul

St Paul, MN · ~36 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northern Metal Recycling Great Western St Paul runs at 290% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Northern Metal Recycling Great Western St Paul: 6.4 TCR = 290% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northern Metal Recycling Great Western St Paul safety composite

Northern Metal Recycling Great Western St Paul scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−10.6

2020→2023

Northern Metal Recycling Great Western St Paul injury rate improved

Northern Metal Recycling Great Western St Paul's TCR fell 10.6 from 13.3 in 2020 to 2.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 13.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=13.3 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · St Paul, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.4 · 290% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/15
  • PHOTO Monterrey Iron and M…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Monterrey Iron and Metal, LTD (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northern Metal Recycling Great Western St Paul in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northern Metal Recycling Great Western St Paul averages 6.4 TCR (290% 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

Northern Metal Recycling Great Western St Paul TCR series: 2020=13.3 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=2.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Northern Metal Recycling Great Western St Paul falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 28% 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 #6 safest of 15 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Minnesota.

Northern Metal Recycling Great Western St Paul (36 employees, TCR 6.4) 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 Northern Metal Recycling Great Western St Paul
Northern Metal Recycling Great Western St Paul (36 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Northern Metal Recycling Great Western St Paul 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 2.7 0.0 1 0 0
2022 4.8 2.4 2 0 0
2021 4.8 4.8 2 0 0
2020 13.3 13.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · MN · St Paul

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 230 employers in St Paul, 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 Monterrey Iron and Metal, LTD 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR East TN Iron & Metal Inc. 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR OmniSource LLC - NID Trucking 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR P J Greco Sons, Inc 6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Prairie Moon Nursery 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience - Olivia MN R&D 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Counties Cooperative Litchfield 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2011-Stanton, MN (Monsanto Co.) 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1010 REGIONS HOSPITAL 5,313 FTE
CITY-NEAR HPI-Ramsey 5,183 FTE
CITY-NEAR Travelers St Paul Office 2,256 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marsden Bldg Maintenance 1,800 FTE
NAT-TCR Brookdale High Point 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Rush Company Inc. 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1671 DAYTON, OH 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Monterrey Iron and Metal, LTD 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hamilton-Airgas Safety 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Phoenix - E Riverview Dr 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Macedon 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baton Rouge - Pecue 36 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.