Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Tennessee

PSC Metals - Chattanooga

Chattanooga, TN · ~34 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

PSC Metals - Chattanooga runs at 190% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

PSC Metals - Chattanooga: 4.2 TCR = 190% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

PSC Metals - Chattanooga safety composite

PSC Metals - Chattanooga scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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).

C

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

−10.5

2016→2021

PSC Metals - Chattanooga injury rate improved

PSC Metals - Chattanooga's TCR fell 10.5 from 10.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.5 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=9.2 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Chattanooga, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 190% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #24/35
  • PHOTO Scrap Metal Services…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Scrap Metal Services LLC (Blue Island) (0.0 TCR gap)

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PSC Metals - Chattanooga in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows PSC Metals - Chattanooga averages 4.2 TCR (190% 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

PSC Metals - Chattanooga TCR series: 2016=10.5 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=9.2 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.2

Where PSC Metals - Chattanooga falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 35 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Tennessee.

PSC Metals - Chattanooga (34 employees, TCR 4.2) 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 PSC Metals - Chattanooga
PSC Metals - Chattanooga (34 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

PSC Metals - Chattanooga 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2018 9.2 9.2 4 0 0
2017 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2016 10.5 0.0 0 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · TN · Chattanooga

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 695 employers in Chattanooga, TN · 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 Scrap Metal Services LLC (Blue Island) 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR ERI Fresno 2860 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR PADNOS Alpine Division 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR G.S.I. Recycling, Inc. 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Obion County Hatchery 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE UCEMC Cookeville 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE RKA Construction, LLC 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE AGM-Tennessee 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA COKE 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA FOOD 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR USXpress 7,385 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cardiology GB 6,606 FTE
NAT-TCR Boehm Inc 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Volvo Logistics Lewis Center 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR First Student - East Main Street 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Warwick Office 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Administrative Office 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amtrac of Ohio, Inc. 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3386 Transwheel Williamsport, Md 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE M&M - Medford Operations 34 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.