Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers · Tennessee

Shapiro Metals- Dickson

Dickson, TN · ~22 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Shapiro Metals- Dickson runs at 166% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Shapiro Metals- Dickson: 3.7 TCR = 166% of Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shapiro Metals- Dickson safety composite

Shapiro Metals- Dickson scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

−9.9

2016→2024

Shapiro Metals- Dickson injury rate improved

Shapiro Metals- Dickson's TCR fell 9.9 from 9.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 11.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.9 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2023=11.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Dickson, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.7 · 166% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #23/35
  • PHOTO Fresno - Sunland
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fresno - Sunland (0.0 TCR gap)

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Shapiro Metals- Dickson in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Shapiro Metals- Dickson averages 3.7 TCR (166% of the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Shapiro Metals- Dickson TCR series: 2016=9.9 · 2017=0 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=0 · 2021=0 · 2023=11.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Shapiro Metals- Dickson falls in its industry

1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automot establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 35 Scrap materials (e.g., automot employers in Tennessee.

Shapiro Metals- Dickson (22 employees, TCR 3.7) 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 Shapiro Metals- Dickson
Shapiro Metals- Dickson (22 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Shapiro Metals- Dickson has fewer employees than the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, indus 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 11.3 5.7 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.4 4.4 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 9.9 3.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · TN · Dickson

1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 73 employers in Dickson, TN · 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 Fresno - Sunland 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Venture Metals Dallas 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bell Processing Inc 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cohen Lexington 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tosh Pork Herrondale 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Longtown Supply Co. Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shelbyville Growout 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southwest Tennessee EMC - Henderson 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dickson County Board of Education 1,095 FTE
CITY-NEAR TriStar Horizon Medical Center 773 FTE
CITY-NEAR Express Employment Professonals 500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dickson County Government 413 FTE
NAT-TCR El Sol Contracting & Construction Corp. 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Charles Main 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR RC Brayshaw & Co., LLC, Warner, NH 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Ammeraal Beltech, LLC - Jefferson 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Torrington Division 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE DeWitt Store 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Williams Plating Company, Inc 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Animal Control 22 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, 2021, 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.