Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · South Carolina

Recycling Spartanburg Hwy 29

Name: Recycling Spartanburg Hwy 29 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Spartanburg, SC · ~103 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.6
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Recycling Spartanburg Hwy 29 runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Recycling Spartanburg Hwy 29: 1.6 TCR = 72% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Recycling Spartanburg Hwy 29 safety composite

Recycling Spartanburg Hwy 29 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% 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).

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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

−1.1

2017→2020

Recycling Spartanburg Hwy 29 injury rate improved

Recycling Spartanburg Hwy 29's TCR fell 1.1 from 2.0 in 2017 to 0.9 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.0 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=0.8 · 2020=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Spartanburg, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 72% of ind

DART 0.9 DART
RANK #7/15
PHOTO Gold Metal Recycling
BOOK 4y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~103 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gold Metal Recycling (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.6
Regency Techno

1.6
Trinity Metals

1.6

What this shows Recycling Spartanburg Hwy 29 averages 1.6 TCR (72% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Recycling Spartanburg Hwy 29 TCR series: 2017=2 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=0.8 · 2020=0.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Recycling Spartanburg Hwy 29 falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 15 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in South Carolina.

Recycling Spartanburg Hwy 29 (103 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Recycling Spartanburg Hwy 29 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
2020	0.9	0.9	1
2019	0.8	0.0	1
2018	2.5	2.5	3
2017	2.0	1.0	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · SC · Spartanburg

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 294 employers in Spartanburg, SC · 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	Gold Metal Recycling	DALLAS, TX	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fortiron & Metal	DETROIT, MI	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Regency Technologies - Twinsburg	TWINSBURG, OH	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Trinity Metals - Shadeland	INDIANAPOLIS, IN	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Electric Operations Building (Charleston)	NORTH CHARLESTON	103 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Precision Walls Inc-Columbia	COLUMBIA	103 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Gulbrandsen Chemicals - Orangeburg Facility	ORANGEBURG	103 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Parkway Products Seneca South Carolina	SENECA	103 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SPARTANBURG FOOD	Spartanburg	8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Spartanburg Medical Center	Spartanburg	5,386 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg	1,633 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Spartanburg County Government	Spartanburg	1,561 FTE
NAT-TCR	Aumund Corporation	Kennesaw, GA	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Thompson Industrial Services, LLC, Division 50	Blytheville, AK	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Massey Services 31	Lady Lake, FL	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	OR112 Philomath Sawmill	Philomath, OR	1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	E.E. Austin & Son, Inc.	Erie, PA	103 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tyson's Corner VA Store	Mclean, VA	103 FTE
NAT-SIZE	5022 St. Mary's Regional Medical Center	Lewiston, ME	103 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ridgecrest Regional Hospital SNF	Ridgecrest, CA	103 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, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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