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

Southern Metal Processing

Saint Louis, MO · ~30 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Metal Processing runs at 189% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Southern Metal Processing: 4.2 TCR = 189% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Metal Processing safety composite

Southern Metal Processing scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

−5.7

2018→2023

Southern Metal Processing injury rate improved

Southern Metal Processing's TCR fell 5.7 from 5.7 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.7 · 2019=3.0 · 2020=3.0 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=9.6 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Saint Louis, MO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 189% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #22/37
  • PHOTO Steel City - BHM
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Steel City - BHM (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southern Metal Processing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Metal Processing averages 4.2 TCR (189% 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

Southern Metal Processing TCR series: 2018=5.7 · 2019=3 · 2020=3 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=9.6 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Southern Metal Processing falls in its industry

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

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 37 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Missouri.

Southern Metal Processing (30 employees, TCR 4.2) 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 Southern Metal Processing
Southern Metal Processing (30 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Southern Metal Processing has fewer employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 9.6 3.2 3 0 0
2021 3.6 3.6 1 0 0
2020 3.0 0.0 1 0 0
2019 3.0 0.0 1 0 0
2018 5.7 2.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · MO · Saint Louis

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 448 employers in Saint Louis, MO · 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 Steel City - BHM 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR ERI Fresno 2860 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR PADNOS Alpine Division 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Scrap Metal Services LLC (Blue Island) 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Reliance Pork, LLC 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Monett Hatchery #1 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE J P ROSS COTTON CO 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farmers Ag & Grain Supply, Inc 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR MO002 12,691 FTE
CITY-NEAR Barnes-Jewish Hospital 9,005 FTE
CITY-NEAR MERCY HOSPITAL ST LOUIS 5,653 FTE
CITY-NEAR Checkerboard Square 3,464 FTE
NAT-TCR Corporate 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Anmc Fs 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Blackhawk Professional Construction Services, Inc. 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Pines at Poughkeepsie 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Imperial Agronomy 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Edgewood Spring Creek of Boise 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tree Care Incorporated 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE True World Foods Philadelphia LLC 30 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.