Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Kentucky

River Metals Recycling - Grade Lane

Louisville, KY · ~29 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

River Metals Recycling - Grade Lane runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

River Metals Recycling - Grade Lane: 1.1 TCR = 48% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

River Metals Recycling - Grade Lane safety composite

River Metals Recycling - Grade Lane scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% 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%).

River Metals Recycling - Grade Lane held a steady TCR band

River Metals Recycling - Grade Lane's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=0.0 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Louisville, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 48% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/24
  • PHOTO PnP Virginia Beach
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PnP Virginia Beach (0.0 TCR gap)

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River Metals Recycling - Grade Lane in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows River Metals Recycling - Grade Lane averages 1.1 TCR (48% 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

River Metals Recycling - Grade Lane TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where River Metals Recycling - Grade Lane falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 24 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Kentucky.

River Metals Recycling - Grade Lane (29 employees, TCR 1.1) 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 River Metals Recycling - Grade Lane
River Metals Recycling - Grade Lane (29 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

River Metals Recycling - Grade Lane has fewer 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.2 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · KY · Louisville

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 1,638 employers in Louisville, KY · 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 PnP Virginia Beach 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sims Metal Management - Richmond, CA 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR SA Recycling, Atlanta Wells 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Salt Lake City Processing 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Unlimited Contract Services Bremen 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Robards Hatchery 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Covington Service Center 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Joint Sewer Agency 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jefferson County Public Schools 18,524 FTE
CITY-NEAR KYGRA - WORLDPORT 11,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR WORLDPORT (KYGRA) 9,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR KTKY TRUCK 8,757 FTE
NAT-TCR Petrosmith Equipment LP 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR TK Elevator Charleston WV 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Arizona Tile- Las Vegas 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Air Reps, LLC - Portland 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Milkhouse Candle Co - Saint Ansgar 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kalispell - FCA Horizon 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE NYSEG Norwich 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE RG&E Canandaigua 29 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: 2024, 2023, 2022. 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.