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

PK Metals

Coram, NY · ~129 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

PK Metals runs at 269% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

PK Metals: 5.9 TCR = 269% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

PK Metals safety composite

PK Metals scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

−0.9

2016→2023

PK Metals injury rate improved

PK Metals's TCR fell 0.9 from 8.0 in 2016 to 7.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.0 · 2017=6.7 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=10.6 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=7.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Coram, NY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 5.9 · 269% of ind

  • DART 7.1 DART
  • RANK #23/39
  • PHOTO 4157_7921
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~129 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4157_7921 (0.0 TCR gap)

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PK Metals in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows PK Metals averages 5.9 TCR (269% 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

PK Metals TCR series: 2016=8 · 2017=6.7 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=10.6 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=7.1 · BLS 2.2

Where PK Metals falls in its industry

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

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 39 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in New York.

PK Metals (129 employees, TCR 5.9) 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 050100150 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate PK Metals
PK Metals (129 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

PK Metals has more employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal 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
2023 7.1 7.1 5 0 0
2022 4.5 3.0 3 0 0
2021 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2020 4.8 3.2 3 0 0
2019 10.6 7.1 6 0 0
2018 4.2 4.2 3 0 0
2017 6.7 2.7 4 1 0
2016 8.0 6.4 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · NY · Coram

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 13 employers in Coram, NY · 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 4157_7921 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fortune Copper 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR CASS, Inc. 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spectrum Metal Recyclers 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE PRT-Norwich 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brooklyn Bow-Tie 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nicholson & Galloway, Inc. 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE TEC Building Systems LLC 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR Coram 453 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4151 EAST REGION-BROOKHAVEN NY 222 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2662-4151 212 FTE
CITY-NEAR STOP & SHOP 0579 120 FTE
NAT-TCR Ihop 5336 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Wheaton & Son's 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR USM Store #685 (Market Street) 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR RK-083-Winchester ( RK-083 ) 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Structsure Scaffold Solutions LLC 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gesick Concrete, Inc. 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stop & Shop 100647 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Super Stop & Shop 0820 129 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.