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

Spectrum Metal Recyclers

Houston, TX · ~65 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Spectrum Metal Recyclers runs at 267% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Spectrum Metal Recyclers: 5.9 TCR = 267% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Spectrum Metal Recyclers safety composite

Spectrum Metal Recyclers scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

−2.9

2017→2020

Spectrum Metal Recyclers injury rate improved

Spectrum Metal Recyclers's TCR fell 2.9 from 6.8 in 2017 to 3.9 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.8 · 2018=6.9 · 2020=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Houston, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.9 · 267% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #69/101
  • PHOTO CASS, Inc.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CASS, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Spectrum Metal Recyclers in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Spectrum Metal Recyclers averages 5.9 TCR (267% 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

Spectrum Metal Recyclers TCR series: 2017=6.8 · 2018=6.9 · 2020=3.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Spectrum Metal Recyclers falls in its industry

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

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #69 safest of 101 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Texas.

Spectrum Metal Recyclers (65 employees, TCR 5.9) 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 Spectrum Metal Recyclers
Spectrum Metal Recyclers (65 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Spectrum Metal Recyclers has more 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
2020 3.9 3.9 2 0 0
2018 6.9 2.7 3 2 0
2017 6.8 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · TX · Houston

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, TX · 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 CASS, Inc. 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fortune Copper 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metal Conversions, Ltd 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR PK Metals 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE HANSFORD COUNTY FEEDERS, LP 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northside Farms, LLC 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wilco Peanut Co. 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2348-Aiken, TX 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH IAH 11,560 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-IAH 9,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center 8,873 FTE
NAT-TCR Barry Callebaut- PennNut 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Rice Experiment Station 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR BST Co. 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR The Drying Company/Thermaltec 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lhcp Lhc County Complex 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Morongo 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fury Dodge 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Preci Manufacturing Inc 65 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: 2020, 2018, 2017. 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.