Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Iowa

Shine Bros Corp

Spencer, IA · ~105 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Shine Bros Corp runs at 565% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Shine Bros Corp: 12.4 TCR = 565% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shine Bros Corp safety composite

Shine Bros Corp scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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

Shine Bros Corp: 10.8 → 18.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 18.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.03× in 2024

Shine Bros Corp's TCR rose 8.0 from 10.8 in 2016 to 18.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Spencer, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 12.4 · 565% of ind

  • DART 12.8 DART
  • RANK #18/20
  • PHOTO Metro Metals Northwest
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 107 inj
  • SIZE ~105 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Metro Metals Northwest (0.0 TCR gap)

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Shine Bros Corp in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Shine Bros Corp averages 12.4 TCR (565% 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

Shine Bros Corp TCR series: 2016=10.8 · 2018=15.1 · 2019=11.2 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=17.4 · 2022=7.8 · 2023=12 · 2024=18.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Shine Bros Corp falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 20 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Iowa.

Shine Bros Corp (105 employees, TCR 12.4) 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 020406080100120 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Shine Bros Corp
Shine Bros Corp (105 employees, TCR 12.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Shine Bros Corp 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 18.7 12.8 19 0 0
2023 12.0 8.3 12 1 0
2022 7.8 6.1 8 1 0
2021 17.4 14.0 20 1 0
2020 6.5 4.6 5 2 0
2019 11.2 7.7 16 0 0
2018 15.1 11.5 19 2 0
2016 10.8 5.4 8 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IA · Spencer

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 44 employers in Spencer, IA · 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 Metro Metals Northwest 12.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ben Weitsman & Son of New Castle LLC 12.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Holmes Road Recycling 12.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR IRON & METALS, INC. 12.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dallas County Service Center 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE EPI Power, LLC. - Microsoft DSM 14 Project 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rasmussen Mechanical Services Council Bluffs 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mittera - Rock Communications Plant 1 105 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arnold Motor Supply 764 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spencer Hospital 516 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spencer Municipal Hospital 515 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2714 221 FTE
NAT-TCR McKinley Square 12.4 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Elgin 12.4 TCR
NAT-TCR NMA006 12.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Silverado The Huntington - 227 12.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Spectra Wood 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0527 South Burlington 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shelbyville Manor 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE Signature Metal and Marble Maintenance, LLC 105 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, 2016. 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.