Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Virginia

SMM Group Chesapeake, VA

Chesapeake, VA · ~112 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SMM Group Chesapeake, VA runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

SMM Group Chesapeake, VA: 1.2 TCR = 56% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SMM Group Chesapeake, VA safety composite

SMM Group Chesapeake, VA scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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

−1.7

2016→2024

SMM Group Chesapeake, VA injury rate improved

SMM Group Chesapeake, VA's TCR fell 1.7 from 2.4 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.4 · 2018=0.9 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.6 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Chesapeake, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.2 · 56% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/9
  • PHOTO MRS - Gastonia
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~112 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MRS - Gastonia (0.0 TCR gap)

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SMM Group Chesapeake, VA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SMM Group Chesapeake, VA averages 1.2 TCR (56% 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

SMM Group Chesapeake, VA TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2018=0.9 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=0 · 2022=0.6 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=0.7 · BLS 2.2

Where SMM Group Chesapeake, VA falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 9 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Virginia.

SMM Group Chesapeake, VA (112 employees, TCR 1.2) 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 050100150 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate SMM Group Chesapeake, VA
SMM Group Chesapeake, VA (112 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

SMM Group Chesapeake, VA has more employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale 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 0.7 0.0 1 0 0
2023 2.1 0.0 3 0 0
2022 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.8 0.0 1 0 0
2019 2.4 2.4 3 0 0
2018 0.9 0.0 1 0 0
2016 2.4 1.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · VA · Chesapeake

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 434 employers in Chesapeake, VA · 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 MRS - Gastonia 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SMM Group Rockville 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carpenter Metal Solutions 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR WI112 Green Bay Ecosource Recycling 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE KBS, Inc. 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE DLB Enterprises 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE Capital Mechanical 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE Partners Excavating Company 112 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - ORF2 2,432 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chesapeake Regional Medical Center 2,059 FTE
CITY-NEAR QVC Chesapeake, Inc. 1,056 FTE
CITY-NEAR Crossways 931 FTE
NAT-TCR Hicksville 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Cleveland Society for the Blind 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Main Office 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Delray Beach Fairfield 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Duraloy Technologies Inc. 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE Astra Group, LLC 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sanders Wood Products-Precision Mill 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE Longhorn Dallas 112 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.