Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers · Texas

Premier Metal Buyers

Name: Premier Metal Buyers Workplace Safety Data
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Brenham, TX · ~113 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 2.7
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Premier Metal Buyers runs at 123% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Premier Metal Buyers: 2.7 TCR = 123% of Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Premier Metal Buyers safety composite

Premier Metal Buyers scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% 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).

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−6.0

2019→2023

Premier Metal Buyers injury rate improved

Premier Metal Buyers's TCR fell 6.0 from 6.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=6.0 · 2021=2.1 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Brenham, TX ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 2.7 · 123% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #39/101
PHOTO Wills Point
BOOK 3y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~113 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wills Point (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.7
Wills Point

2.7
SSP Oakland

2.7
Franklin Iron

2.7
Exotech, Inc.

2.7

What this shows Premier Metal Buyers averages 2.7 TCR (123% of the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Premier Metal Buyers TCR series: 2019=6 · 2021=2.1 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Premier Metal Buyers falls in its industry

1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automot establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #39 safest of 101 Scrap materials (e.g., automot employers in Texas.

Premier Metal Buyers (113 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Premier Metal Buyers has more employees than the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, indus 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
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2021	2.1	2.1	4
2019	6.0	2.3	8

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · TX · Brenham

1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 62 employers in Brenham, TX · 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	Wills Point	WILLS POINT, TX	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SSP Oakland	OAKLAND, CA	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Franklin Iron & Metal Corp.	DAYTON, OH	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Exotech, Inc.	POMPANO BEACH, FL	2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Bar-g Feedyard	SUMMERFIELD	113 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Flying A Pumping Services LLC,	ALBANY	113 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lubbock Operations	LUBBOCK	113 FTE
STATE-SIZE	112855-CPCHEM LDPE	BAYTOWN	113 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Brenham 01	Brenham	756 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Germania Farm Mutual Insurance	Brenham	437 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6394-B2284	Brenham	434 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Girling Community Care - Brenham	Brenham	305 FTE
NAT-TCR	Neat Companies	Dunville, KY	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Midwest Metal Products	Cedar Rapids, IA	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Arthrex California Inc	Walnut, CA	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Professional Plating, Inc.	Brillion, WI	2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	PDS Consultants Inc #11	Fort Lauderdale, KY	113 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Complete Packaging LLC	Salt Lake City, UT	113 FTE
NAT-SIZE	19826 Russell Rd South Kent WA	Kent, WA	113 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Raley's 108- Reno	Reno, NV	113 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, 2021, 2019. 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.