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

Rochester Iron and Metal, Inc.

Name: Rochester Iron and Metal, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
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Rochester, IN · ~62 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 15.4
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Rochester Iron and Metal, Inc. runs at 700% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Rochester Iron and Metal, Inc.: 15.4 TCR = 700% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rochester Iron and Metal, Inc. safety composite

Rochester Iron and Metal, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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).

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 15.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers
DART rate: D 3.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

Rochester Iron and Metal, Inc.: 13.8 → 17.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 17.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.2× in 2018

Rochester Iron and Metal, Inc.'s TCR rose 3.2 from 13.8 in 2017 to 17.0 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Rochester, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.4 · 700% of ind

DART 3.1 DART
RANK #54/55
PHOTO GEL Port Orange
BOOK 2y book
INJ 19 inj
SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GEL Port Orange (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Rochester Iron and Metal, Inc. averages 15.4 TCR (700% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Rochester Iron and Metal, Inc. TCR series: 2017=13.8 · 2018=17 · BLS 2.2

Where Rochester Iron and Metal, Inc. falls in its industry

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

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #54 safest of 55 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Indiana.

Rochester Iron and Metal, Inc. (62 employees, TCR 15.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Rochester Iron and Metal, Inc. has more employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal median and a higher 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
2018	17.0	3.1	11	0	0
2017	13.8	5.2	8	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IN · Rochester

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 34 employers in Rochester, IN · 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	GEL Port Orange	PORT ORANGE, FL	15.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Pickers Longview, LLC	LONGVIEW, TX	15.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Metro Metals Corporation	SAINT PAUL, MN	15.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Goodwill West Pike Recycling	ZANESVILLE, OH	15.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Corteva Windfall	WINDFALL	62 FTE
STATE-SIZE	TCCo-IND	INDIANAPOLIS	62 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Construction Solutions Group	INDIANAPOLIS	62 FTE
STATE-SIZE	James H Drew Corporation - Indiana	INDIANAPOLIS	62 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Woodlawn Hospital	Rochester	424 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rochester Metal Products	Rochester	318 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rochester Community School Corp	Rochester	316 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lau- Rochester	Rochester	204 FTE
NAT-TCR	0298 - Fall River, MA	Fall River, MA	15.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	165 ABC Supply Co., Inc	San Rafael, CA	15.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Milford Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center	West Milford, NJ	15.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	California Closets of Oregon	Tualatin, OR	15.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Burndy LLC	Bethel, CT	62 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NAPP Vineland	Vineland, NJ	62 FTE
NAT-SIZE	LC039 - Plant City, FL	Plant City, FL	62 FTE
NAT-SIZE	IVORL - Orlando	Orlando, FL	62 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: 2018, 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.