Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Minnesota

Northern Metal Recycling St Paul

St Paul, MN · ~41 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northern Metal Recycling St Paul runs at 384% 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 St Paul: 8.4 TCR = 384% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northern Metal Recycling St Paul safety composite

Northern Metal Recycling St Paul scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

−6.6

2017→2019

Northern Metal Recycling St Paul injury rate improved

Northern Metal Recycling St Paul's TCR fell 6.6 from 11.3 in 2017 to 4.8 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.3 · 2018=9.2 · 2019=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 8.4 · 384% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #9/15
  • PHOTO Battery Solutions LL…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Battery Solutions LLC - Wixom MI (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northern Metal Recycling 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 St Paul averages 8.4 TCR (384% 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 St Paul TCR series: 2017=11.3 · 2018=9.2 · 2019=4.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Northern Metal Recycling St Paul falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 17% 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 #9 safest of 15 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Minnesota.

Northern Metal Recycling St Paul (41 employees, TCR 8.4) 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 St Paul
Northern Metal Recycling St Paul (41 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Northern Metal Recycling St Paul 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 4.8 2.4 2 0 0
2018 9.2 9.2 4 0 0
2017 11.3 9.1 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 Battery Solutions LLC - Wixom MI 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR MidAmerica Recycling Des Moines Plant 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metro Green Recycling 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elizabeth Facility 8.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Minnesota Farming 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Feedmill TW Shop - SE 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hobbs Brigade Energy Services 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wild Rice Electric Cooperative, Inc. 41 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 Century Blinds 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 357 ABC Supply Co., Inc. 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0027 0792 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Silver Eagle Distributors, L.P. - Houston 8.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Denny's Store #397 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4769-416-Williams Sonoma 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Raytheon - CA (Santa FE Springs) 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4769-6219-Williams Sonoma 41 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.