Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Ohio

OmniSource LLC - Defiance

Name: OmniSource LLC - Defiance Workplace Safety Data
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Defiance, OH · ~21 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.5
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

OmniSource LLC - Defiance runs at 294% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

OmniSource LLC - Defiance: 6.5 TCR = 294% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

OmniSource LLC - Defiance safety composite

OmniSource LLC - Defiance scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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%).

Rising injury rate

OmniSource LLC - Defiance: 4.7 → 9.8 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 9.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.76× in 2019

OmniSource LLC - Defiance's TCR rose 5.2 from 4.7 in 2016 to 9.8 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Defiance, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.5 · 294% of ind

DART 4.9 DART
RANK #55/79
PHOTO CMC Recycling Columbia
BOOK 3y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CMC Recycling Columbia (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.5
CMC Recycling

6.5
Royal Oak Recy

6.5
Standard Iron

6.5
CIM SHREDDER D

6.5

What this shows OmniSource LLC - Defiance averages 6.5 TCR (294% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

OmniSource LLC - Defiance TCR series: 2016=4.7 · 2017=4.9 · 2019=9.8 · BLS 2.2

Where OmniSource LLC - Defiance falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #55 safest of 79 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Ohio.

OmniSource LLC - Defiance (21 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

OmniSource LLC - Defiance 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
2019	9.8	4.9	2
2017	4.9	4.9	1
2016	4.7	4.7	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · OH · Defiance

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 65 employers in Defiance, OH · 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	CMC Recycling Columbia	COLUMBIA, SC	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Royal Oak Recycling Dayton	DAYTON, OH	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Standard Iron & Metal Co., LLC	OKLAHOMA CITY, OK	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CIM SHREDDER DIVISION	CAMDEN, NJ	6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Grand Republic	EDGERTON	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hog and Maintenance	FORT RECOVERY	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Case Farms Hatchery	STRASBURG	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Case Farms winesburg hatchery	STRASBURG	21 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Campbell Soup Supply Company, LLC	Defiance	1,425 FTE
CITY-NEAR	General Motors LLC.	Defiance	734 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Defiance 8	Defiance	437 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Defiance Regional Medical Center	Defiance	363 FTE
NAT-TCR	30 North Parke St	Aberdeen, MD	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	First Cooperative Association Paullina	Paullina, IA	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cardinal Health (Tampa DC)	Tampa, FL	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sarah Bush Lincoln Health System	Mattoon, IL	6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Super Dollar Store #2843	Grundy, VA	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Citi Bike Jersey City	Jersey City, NJ	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	RESA Power - Shelton	Shelton, CT	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fairfield Inn and Suites Leavenworth	Leavenworth, KS	21 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, 2017, 2016. 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.