Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Mississippi

SC Columbus, MS

Columbus, MS · ~32 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SC Columbus, MS runs at 327% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

SC Columbus, MS: 7.2 TCR = 327% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SC Columbus, MS safety composite

SC Columbus, MS scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).

F

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

−7.3

2021→2024

SC Columbus, MS injury rate improved

SC Columbus, MS's TCR fell 7.3 from 13.5 in 2021 to 6.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 13.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=13.5 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=6.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Columbus, MS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 327% of ind

  • DART 6.2 DART
  • RANK #10/10
  • PHOTO Midwest Scrap Manage…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Midwest Scrap Management KC (0.0 TCR gap)

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SC Columbus, MS in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SC Columbus, MS averages 7.2 TCR (327% 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

SC Columbus, MS TCR series: 2021=13.5 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=6.2 · BLS 2.2

Where SC Columbus, MS falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 10 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Mississippi.

SC Columbus, MS (32 employees, TCR 7.2) 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 SC Columbus, MS
SC Columbus, MS (32 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

SC Columbus, MS has fewer 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 6.2 6.2 2 0 0
2023 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2022 6.1 0.0 2 0 0
2021 13.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · MS · Columbus

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 104 employers in Columbus, MS · 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 Midwest Scrap Management KC 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR WTE RECYCLING 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Complete Recycling Solutions, LLC 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Timm' s Auto, Inc 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Laurel Hatchery 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hatchery 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Hebron 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cleveland Network 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Flat Roll Group - Columbus 905 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steel Dynamics, Inc. - FR Columbus 753 FTE
CITY-NEAR Paccar Engine Company 627 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bracken Construction Company, Inc. 376 FTE
NAT-TCR CLS - Covington 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - DBK1 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Legacy Wendy's-156 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Asw, LLC 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Andrews Electrical Inc 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Becai Electric Inc 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fredericksburg Food Cooperative 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Williams Lumber Branch 8000 32 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. 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.