Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Minnesota

Northern Metal Recycling Minneapolis

Minneapolis, MN · ~71 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northern Metal Recycling Minneapolis runs at 519% 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 Minneapolis: 11.4 TCR = 519% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northern Metal Recycling Minneapolis safety composite

Northern Metal Recycling Minneapolis scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−8.3

2017→2019

Northern Metal Recycling Minneapolis injury rate improved

Northern Metal Recycling Minneapolis's TCR fell 8.3 from 15.3 in 2017 to 7.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 15.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=15.3 · 2018=12.0 · 2019=7.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 11.4 · 519% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #14/15
  • PHOTO TKC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~71 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TKC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northern Metal Recycling Minneapolis in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northern Metal Recycling Minneapolis averages 11.4 TCR (519% 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 Minneapolis TCR series: 2017=15.3 · 2018=12 · 2019=7 · BLS 2.2

Where Northern Metal Recycling Minneapolis falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 7% 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 #14 safest of 15 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Minnesota.

Northern Metal Recycling Minneapolis (71 employees, TCR 11.4) 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Northern Metal Recycling Minneapolis
Northern Metal Recycling Minneapolis (71 employees, TCR 11.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Northern Metal Recycling Minneapolis 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
2019 7.0 2.8 4 1 0
2018 12.0 6.7 8 1 0
2017 15.3 8.7 11 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · MN · Minneapolis

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 1,321 employers in Minneapolis, 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 TKC 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Recycling LLC 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Colt Recycling, LLC Hudson 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Joe Krentzman & Son Lewistown 11.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fagen, Inc. 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rochester Office 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Donlar Construction Company 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hanson Silo Company 71 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Minnesota Twin Cities 22,522 FTE
CITY-NEAR MN950 MN TELECOMMUTER 12,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0501 - City Center 8,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hennepin County Medical Center 7,030 FTE
NAT-TCR BCRC 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Residence Inn By Marriott Orangeburg 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Taos - Resort 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR LAS - Airport United Airlines Offices 11.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE 814 - Costa Mesa 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE IAC Acoustics a Division of Sound Seal 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE MonoSystems Inc 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Omaha / Lincoln, NE HVAC 71 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: 2019, 2018, 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.