Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Ohio

PSC Metals, INC - Canton

Name: PSC Metals, INC - Canton Workplace Safety Data
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Canton, OH · ~30 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.7
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

PSC Metals, INC - Canton runs at 306% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

PSC Metals, INC - Canton: 6.7 TCR = 306% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

PSC Metals, INC - Canton safety composite

PSC Metals, INC - Canton scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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).

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

PSC Metals, INC - Canton: 5.6 → 7.9 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 7.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.39× in 2021

PSC Metals, INC - Canton's TCR rose 2.3 from 5.6 in 2016 to 7.9 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 306% of ind

DART 2.6 DART
RANK #59/79
PHOTO Mero Metals Northwes…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mero Metals Northwest Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows PSC Metals, INC - Canton averages 6.7 TCR (306% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

PSC Metals, INC - Canton TCR series: 2016=5.6 · 2021=7.9 · BLS 2.2

Where PSC Metals, INC - Canton falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 25% 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 #59 safest of 79 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Ohio.

PSC Metals, INC - Canton (30 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

PSC Metals, INC - Canton 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	7.9	2.6	3	0	0
2016	5.6	5.6	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · OH · Canton

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 330 employers in Canton, 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	Mero Metals Northwest Inc	5611 NE COLUMBIA BLVD PORTLAND, OR	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Yaffe Iron & Metal Co., Inc.	MUSKOGEE, OK	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Tri-State Iron and Metal Company	TEXARKANA, AR	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	FPT Lonyo, LLC	DETROIT, MI	6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Tuente Farms Inc	YORKSHIRE	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Farm 3	WEST MANSFIELD	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Trillium Farms Layer 6	HARPSTER	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Canton Hatchery	CANTON	30 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Aultman Main Campus	Canton	3,796 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Aultman Hospital	Canton	3,406 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mercy Medical Center, Inc	Canton	2,600 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hosp	Canton	2,321 FTE
NAT-TCR	Element Palmdale	Palmdale, CA	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lemont Yard 220	Lemont, IL	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Big Lots Store #4243 NEWARK, CA	Newark, CA	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	W Chicago Lakeshore	Chicago, IL	6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Thermal Cool Inc.	Riverside, CA	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Richert Lumber Company, Inc/	Pleasanton, CA	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	MVP Logistics, LLC - West	Plymouth, MN	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Frontier Soups	Gurnee, IL	30 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, 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.