Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers · Georgia

Phenix City

Phenix City, GA · ~43 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Phenix City runs at 154% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Phenix City: 3.4 TCR = 154% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Phenix City safety composite

Phenix City scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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

−1.1

2016→2019

Phenix City injury rate improved

Phenix City's TCR fell 1.1 from 4.1 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.1 · 2017=2.0 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Phenix City, GA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.4 · 154% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #30/49
  • PHOTO Midwest Scrap Manage…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Midwest Scrap Management, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Phenix City in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Phenix City averages 3.4 TCR (154% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Phenix City TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2017=2 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=3 · BLS 2.2

Where Phenix City falls in its industry

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 49 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Georgia.

Phenix City (43 employees, TCR 3.4) 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 Phenix City
Phenix City (43 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Phenix City has more employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal median and a lower 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 3.0 1.5 2 0 0
2018 4.5 4.5 3 0 0
2017 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2016 4.1 4.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · GA · Phenix City

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 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 Midwest Scrap Management, Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Universal Scrap Metals, Inc 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Solomon Metals Corp. 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR TRG a Division of Alter Trading 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Vickers Farms 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stephens County Hatchery 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE B.C.T. Gin Co.,Inc. 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plant McIntosh (Steam) 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR SA Recycling, Phenix City 68 FTE
NAT-TCR Embraer Aircraft Seating Technologies Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Thermal Concepts, Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Koorsen Fire & Security Columbus IN 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Michigan 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE UniPunch Products, Inc. 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Independence -AGCO Parts N.A. 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate 99 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Piggly Wiggly #181 43 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, 2016. 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.