Alloying purchased copper metals · Ohio

The Federal Metal Co.

Bedford, OH · ~122 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Federal Metal Co. runs at 181% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Alloying purchased copper metals workplace, earning a grade D.

The Federal Metal Co.: 6.0 TCR = 181% of Alloying purchased copper metals BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Federal Metal Co. safety composite

The Federal Metal Co. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

−5.5

2021→2024

The Federal Metal Co. injury rate improved

The Federal Metal Co.'s TCR fell 5.5 from 10.2 in 2021 to 4.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=10.2 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=4.3 · 2024=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331420 · Bedford, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 181% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #10/16
  • PHOTO Howell Metal Company
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~122 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Howell Metal Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Federal Metal Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Federal Metal Co. averages 6.0 TCR (181% of the Alloying purchased copper metals BLS benchmark).

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

The Federal Metal Co. TCR series: 2021=10.2 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=4.3 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 3.3

Where The Federal Metal Co. falls in its industry

198 Alloying purchased copper meta establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 16 Alloying purchased copper meta employers in Ohio.

The Federal Metal Co. (122 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate The Federal Metal Co.
The Federal Metal Co. (122 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 3.7

The Federal Metal Co. has more employees than the Alloying purchased copper metals median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 4.7 4.7 4 4 0
2023 4.3 3.7 3 4 0
2022 4.7 1.6 5 1 0
2021 10.2 7.8 12 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331420 · OH · Bedford

198 Alloying purchased copper metals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 24 employers in Bedford, OH · 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 Howell Metal Company 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cambridge-Lee Industries LLC Reading Facility 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cambridge Lee Industries - Reading 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lake Copper Conductors LLC - Hoffman 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Grae-Con Process Piping llc 122 FTE
STATE-SIZE International Paper Mount Vernon Container 122 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4over International LLC - Dayton, OH 122 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hardy Diagnostics 122 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bedford Medical Center 350 FTE
CITY-NEAR GM Industrial 117 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kelley Steel Erectors, Inc. 110 FTE
CITY-NEAR I. Schumann & Co. 104 FTE
NAT-TCR Cool Air Solutions, Inc. 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR The Art Hotel 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Avamere Court at Keizer 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lyon College 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE ShopRite of New Paltz 122 FTE
NAT-SIZE El Rio Grande Latin Market #6 122 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Hca Southeast Medical Center 122 FTE
NAT-SIZE South Ridge School 122 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.