Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers · Kentucky

River Metals Recycling

Name: River Metals Recycling Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Fort Mitchell, KY · ~245 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.7
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

River Metals Recycling runs at 79% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

River Metals Recycling: 1.7 TCR = 79% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

River Metals Recycling safety composite

River Metals Recycling scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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).

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

River Metals Recycling: 1.5 → 2.0 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 2.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.94× in 2019

River Metals Recycling's TCR rose 0.5 from 1.5 in 2017 to 2.0 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Fort Mitchell, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 79% of ind

DART 1.6 DART
RANK #8/24
PHOTO OmniSource, LLC. - N…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~245 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: OmniSource, LLC. - New Carlisle (0.0 TCR gap)

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Copper State M

1.8
This site

1.7
OmniSource, LL

1.7
Doraville Recy

1.7
SA Recycling,

1.7

What this shows River Metals Recycling averages 1.7 TCR (79% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

River Metals Recycling TCR series: 2017=1.5 · 2019=2 · BLS 2.2

Where River Metals Recycling falls in its industry

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 24 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Kentucky.

River Metals Recycling (245 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

River Metals Recycling has more employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal 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
2019	2.0	1.6	6	0	0
2017	1.5	0.0	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · KY · Fort Mitchell

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 5 employers in Fort Mitchell, KY · 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	OmniSource, LLC. - New Carlisle	NEW CARLISLE, IN	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Doraville Recycling Plant	DORAVILLE, GA	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SA Recycling, San Diego, Main St.	SAN DIEGO, CA	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Copper State Metals LLC	PHOENIX, AZ	1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : LEX3	LEXINGTON	245 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cincy	FT MITCHELL	244 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Meijer Store 161	LEXINGTON	244 FTE
STATE-SIZE	024-00389	PROSPECT	244 FTE
CITY-NEAR	014-00477	Fort Mitchell	287 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Watch Communications - Fort Mitchell	Fort Mitchell	60 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PAUL HEMMER COMPANY	Fort Mitchell	51 FTE
CITY-NEAR	TECT Power Headquarters	Fort Mitchell	26 FTE
NAT-TCR	DuPont Pioneer Elizabethtown ELI1	Elizabethtown, PA	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Covanta Montgomery, Inc.	Dickerson, MD	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Schaefer Systems - AUT, WTD, PSD, FAB, Corp (Updated)	Charlotte, NC	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Fire & Life Safety America Dallas	Euless, TX	1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Water Administration	Long Beach, CA	245 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Water Treatment Plant	Long Beach, CA	245 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tri-State Envelope Corporation	Ashland, PA	245 FTE
NAT-SIZE	JC Whitney	Lasalle, IL	245 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: 2019, 2017. 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.