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

Sims Limited Richmond, KY Alumisource

Richmond, KY · ~44 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sims Limited Richmond, KY Alumisource runs at 111% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Sims Limited Richmond, KY Alumisource: 2.4 TCR = 111% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sims Limited Richmond, KY Alumisource safety composite

Sims Limited Richmond, KY Alumisource scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

Sims Limited Richmond, KY Alumisource: 0.0 → 4.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.9 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2024

Sims Limited Richmond, KY Alumisource's TCR rose 4.9 from 0.0 in 2023 to 4.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Richmond, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.4 · 111% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK #11/24
  • PHOTO Western Metals Recyc…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Western Metals Recycling_Plymouth (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sims Limited Richmond, KY Alumisource in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sims Limited Richmond, KY Alumisource averages 2.4 TCR (111% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Sims Limited Richmond, KY Alumisource TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=4.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Sims Limited Richmond, KY Alumisource falls in its industry

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

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 24 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Kentucky.

Sims Limited Richmond, KY Alumisource (44 employees, TCR 2.4) 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 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Sims Limited Richmond, KY Alumisource
Sims Limited Richmond, KY Alumisource (44 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Sims Limited Richmond, KY Alumisource has more employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal 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 4.9 4.9 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · KY · Richmond

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 100 employers in Richmond, KY · 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 Western Metals Recycling_Plymouth 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stuff Recycling 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Medina Recycling, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR OmniSource LLC - NF Taylor St. 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE DMK Development Group 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE SC630 - Louisville, KY 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE R. J. Corman Signaling Company, LLC 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jett's Specialty Contracting, LLC 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blue Grass Chem. Demil. 947 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Richmond 641 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Heath Richmond 604 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chem Demil US KY Richmond KY KY997 539 FTE
NAT-TCR Addison Place 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Carter Component Plant 537 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Gawar - Warrenton 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR San Joaquin County Employment and Economic Development Department 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Winners Only, Inc 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Precision Forms Inc. 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hyatt Place Secaucus Meadowlands 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Calak - Lakeport Center 44 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. 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.