Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Georgia

Southern Metals Recycling Inc.

Savannah, GA · ~69 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Metals Recycling Inc. runs at 68% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Southern Metals Recycling Inc.: 1.5 TCR = 68% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Metals Recycling Inc. safety composite

Southern Metals Recycling Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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

Southern Metals Recycling Inc.: 0.0 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 3.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2023

Southern Metals Recycling Inc.'s TCR rose 3.0 from 0.0 in 2022 to 3.0 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Savannah, GA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.5 · 68% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #15/49
  • PHOTO SMM Group Petersburg…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SMM Group Petersburg, VA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southern Metals Recycling Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Metals Recycling Inc. averages 1.5 TCR (68% 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

Southern Metals Recycling Inc. TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=3 · BLS 2.2

Where Southern Metals Recycling Inc. falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 49 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Georgia.

Southern Metals Recycling Inc. (69 employees, TCR 1.5) 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 Metals Recycling Inc.
Southern Metals Recycling Inc. (69 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Southern Metals Recycling Inc. 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
2023 3.0 1.5 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · GA · Savannah

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 511 employers in Savannah, GA · 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 SMM Group Petersburg, VA 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SSE Lithonia 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR McNichols Scrap Iron Metal Co. 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SMM Group North Haven, CT 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE NW Metro Regional Business Center 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Atlanta Glass and Mirror - Decatur 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE NCCOR - Woodstock - Corporate 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE M-Communication LLC 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gulfstream Aerospace 13,245 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memorial Health University Medical Center 3,186 FTE
CITY-NEAR Savannah College of Art and Design 2,369 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memorial Health University Medical 2,056 FTE
NAT-TCR VMS Vancouver 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Quality Mechanicals, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Lancaster EMS - Quarryville 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR SMM Group North Haven, CT 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Camden 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Virginia Veterinary Specialists 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Robinson Waste Services 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE P&D Mechanical, Inc. 69 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. 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.