Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Minnesota

Northern Metal Recycling New Brighton

Name: Northern Metal Recycling New Brighton Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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New Brighton, MN · ~20 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.5
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Northern Metal Recycling New Brighton runs at 144% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade D.

Northern Metal Recycling New Brighton: 6.5 TCR = 144% of Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northern Metal Recycling New Brighton safety composite

Northern Metal Recycling New Brighton scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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).

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−4.1

2017→2018

Northern Metal Recycling New Brighton injury rate improved

Northern Metal Recycling New Brighton's TCR fell 4.1 from 8.6 in 2017 to 4.4 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.6 · 2018=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · New Brighton, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 144% of ind

DART 4.4 DART
RANK #59/74
PHOTO HENIFF TRANSPORTATIO…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HENIFF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LLC - WILMINGTON, NC (0.0 TCR gap)

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6223-700

6.5
OH-Washington

6.5
LCL Bulk Trans

6.5

What this shows Northern Metal Recycling New Brighton averages 6.5 TCR (144% of the Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

Northern Metal Recycling New Brighton TCR series: 2017=8.6 · 2018=4.4 · BLS 4.5

Where Northern Metal Recycling New Brighton falls in its industry

3,252 Trucking, general freight, lon establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #59 safest of 74 Trucking, general freight, lon employers in Minnesota.

Northern Metal Recycling New Brighton (20 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Northern Metal Recycling New Brighton has fewer employees than the Trucking, general freight, long-distance median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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	4.4	4.4	1	0	0
2017	8.6	4.3	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · MN · New Brighton

3,252 Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 80 employers in New Brighton, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	HENIFF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LLC - WILMINGTON, NC	WILMINGTON, NC	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	6223-700	BOZRAH, CT	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	OH-Washington Courthouse-Wal Mart	WASHINGTON, OH	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	LCL Bulk Transport - Elkhorn	ELKHORN, WI	6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	C74	SLEEPY EYE	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MNSGA-SEL-SELECT GENETICS ADMIN'	WILLMAR	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bees Minnesota	FERTILE	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Glyndon	GLYNDON	20 FTE
CITY-NEAR	API Construction	New Brighton	396 FTE
CITY-NEAR	GRUMA CORPORATION	New Brighton	339 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Aqseptence Group, Inc.- Johnson Screens	New Brighton	250 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Pentair Flow Technologies LLC New Brighton	New Brighton	229 FTE
NAT-TCR	Chipley (Flchi)	Chipley, FL	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Maspeth (Nymas)	Maspeth, NY	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	George's Springdale Feed Mill	Springdale, AR	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Fairfield Works - Flat Rolled	Farifield, AL	6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Southern Supply	Springfield, MO	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NICKLES-ZANESVILLE	Zanesville, OH	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tmx2579 - Bay Area Fume	Fremont, CA	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tmx2073 - Springfield Il	Springfield, IL	20 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. 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.