Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Tennessee

PSC Metals - Nashville

Nashville, TN · ~77 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

PSC Metals - Nashville runs at 140% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

PSC Metals - Nashville: 3.1 TCR = 140% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

PSC Metals - Nashville safety composite

PSC Metals - Nashville scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% 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).

C

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

−4.7

2016→2020

PSC Metals - Nashville injury rate improved

PSC Metals - Nashville's TCR fell 4.7 from 6.0 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.0 · 2019=2.0 · 2020=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 3.1 · 140% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #20/35
  • PHOTO Arundel Recycling Ce…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Arundel Recycling Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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PSC Metals - Nashville in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows PSC Metals - Nashville averages 3.1 TCR (140% 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 - Nashville TCR series: 2016=6 · 2019=2 · 2020=1.3 · BLS 2.2

Where PSC Metals - Nashville falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 59% 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 #20 safest of 35 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Tennessee.

PSC Metals - Nashville (77 employees, TCR 3.1) 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 - Nashville
PSC Metals - Nashville (77 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

PSC Metals - Nashville has more employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale 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
2020 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2019 2.0 1.0 1 1 0
2016 6.0 1.2 2 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · TN · Nashville

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 1,187 employers in Nashville, 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 Arundel Recycling Center 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elgin Recycling Electronics Warehouse 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Recommunity ACUA 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4039-04057000-00W001 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bristol Tennessee Essential Services 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Foundation Specialists 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Porter Roofing Contractors Morrison, TN 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mid South Industrial, Inc. 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parallon Enterprises, LLC 15,267 FTE
CITY-NEAR METROPOLITAN GOVT. OF NASHVILLE,& DAVIDSON COUNTY 10,278 FTE
CITY-NEAR METRO NASHVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS 9,049 FTE
CITY-NEAR TriStar Centennial Medical Center 3,106 FTE
NAT-TCR Leestown Hotel Associates 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Jackson Metro Hardwoods 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Trinity Rail Maintenance Services, Inc. Plant 4494 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Tacoma WA Locomotive 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Akkerman Inc 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bend Transitional Care 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Avita of Stroudwater 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baker's Waterproofing Co., Inc. Primary 77 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: 2020, 2019, 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.