Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Colorado

Rocky Mountain Recycling Inc

Commerce City, CO · ~71 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rocky Mountain Recycling Inc runs at 278% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Rocky Mountain Recycling Inc: 6.1 TCR = 278% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rocky Mountain Recycling Inc safety composite

Rocky Mountain Recycling Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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).

D

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−2.4

2016→2024

Rocky Mountain Recycling Inc injury rate improved

Rocky Mountain Recycling Inc's TCR fell 2.4 from 6.6 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.6 · 2017=8.3 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=6.3 · 2020=9.3 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=9.3 · 2023=3.9 · 2024=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Commerce City, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.1 · 278% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #7/15
  • PHOTO C & C Scrap Iron & M…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 45 inj
  • SIZE ~71 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: C & C Scrap Iron & Metal Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rocky Mountain Recycling Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rocky Mountain Recycling Inc averages 6.1 TCR (278% 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

Rocky Mountain Recycling Inc TCR series: 2016=6.6 · 2017=8.3 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=6.3 · 2020=9.3 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=9.3 · 2023=3.9 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Rocky Mountain Recycling Inc falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

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

Rocky Mountain Recycling Inc (71 employees, TCR 6.1) 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 Rocky Mountain Recycling Inc
Rocky Mountain Recycling Inc (71 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Rocky Mountain Recycling Inc has more employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale 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
2024 4.2 2.8 3 0 0
2023 3.9 2.6 3 0 0
2022 9.3 8.1 8 0 0
2021 5.9 4.7 5 0 0
2020 9.3 7.0 7 1 0
2019 6.3 3.2 6 0 0
2018 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2017 8.3 7.1 7 0 0
2016 6.6 6.6 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · CO · Commerce City

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 175 employers in Commerce City, CO · 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 C & C Scrap Iron & Metal Inc. 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR PnP San Antonio - Roosevelt U-Pull-It 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR R&M Recycling Inc 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Royal Paper Stock Company Inc 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Parachute Office 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE W.E.O'Neil Construction Of Colorado 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Apex Plumbing Inc. 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rush Creek Wind 16141016 71 FTE
CITY-NEAR CODEN - COMMERCE CITY 3,388 FTE
CITY-NEAR COMMERCE CITY (CODEN) 3,174 FTE
CITY-NEAR Q3 Contracting Inc 593 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BDU5 581 FTE
NAT-TCR Bbb 11850 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Unverferth Manufacturing- Kalida Division 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR The Fresh Market 151 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Everett 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Corporate 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pioneer College Caterers, Inc. - Unit 007/Cedarville University 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store #51 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store #67 71 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.