Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Kentucky

RMR - Newport

Newport, KY · ~44 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

RMR - Newport runs at 37% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

RMR - Newport: 0.8 TCR = 37% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

RMR - Newport safety composite

RMR - Newport scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.6

2020→2021

RMR - Newport injury rate improved

RMR - Newport's TCR fell 1.6 from 1.6 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 1.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=1.6 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 37% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/24
  • PHOTO SA Recycling, Gwinnett
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SA Recycling, Gwinnett (0.0 TCR gap)

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RMR - Newport in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows RMR - Newport averages 0.8 TCR (37% 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

RMR - Newport TCR series: 2020=1.6 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.2

Where RMR - Newport falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 94% 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 #5 safest of 24 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Kentucky.

RMR - Newport (44 employees, TCR 0.8) 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 RMR - Newport
RMR - Newport (44 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

RMR - Newport 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.6 1.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · KY · Newport

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 36 employers in Newport, 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 SA Recycling, Gwinnett 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR HWI Environmental Technologies, Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pratt Recycling Memphis, TN. 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR CMC Recycling Tulsa 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE DMK Development Group 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE SC630 - Louisville, KY 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE R. J. Corman Signaling Company, LLC 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jett's Specialty Contracting, LLC 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR PL Marketing 2,398 FTE
CITY-NEAR Divisions Maintenance Group 791 FTE
CITY-NEAR 014-00423 396 FTE
CITY-NEAR Newport Aquarium 257 FTE
NAT-TCR Supply Chain : West Jefferson, NC 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR National Management Resources (Mercer Atlanta) 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 840 N Broadway 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Aldrich Chemical Co., LLC - Emmber 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE NMC Group Lincoln West 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eagle Point Senior Living 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kansas City MO M4HMRX 90-41-45-46 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bear Materials - Walther Road 44 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, 2020. 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.