Copper and copper-based shapes (e.g., cake, ingot, slag, wire bar) made from purchased metal or scrap · Ohio

The Federal Metal Company 7250

Bedford, OH · ~84 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Federal Metal Company 7250 runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Copper and copper-based shapes (e.g., cake, ingot, slag, wire bar) made from purchased metal or scrap workplace, earning a grade D.

The Federal Metal Company 7250: 5.4 TCR = 163% of Copper and copper-based shapes (e.g., cake, ingot, slag, wire bar) made from purchased metal or scrap BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Federal Metal Company 7250 safety composite

The Federal Metal Company 7250 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.66 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%).

Rising injury rate

The Federal Metal Company 7250: 4.2 → 5.4 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 6.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.87× in 2020

The Federal Metal Company 7250's TCR rose 1.3 from 4.2 in 2016 to 5.4 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 163% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #9/16
  • PHOTO Alan Wire Company
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~84 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Alan Wire Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Federal Metal Company 7250 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Federal Metal Company 7250 averages 5.4 TCR (163% of the Copper and copper-based shapes (e.g., cake, ingot, slag, wire bar) made from purchased metal or scrap BLS benchmark).

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

The Federal Metal Company 7250 TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=6.4 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=5.4 · BLS 3.3

Where The Federal Metal Company 7250 falls in its industry

198 Copper and copper-based shapes establishments

Safer than 33% 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 #9 safest of 16 Copper and copper-based shapes employers in Ohio.

The Federal Metal Company 7250 (84 employees, TCR 5.4) 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 Company 7250
The Federal Metal Company 7250 (84 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 3.7

The Federal Metal Company 7250 has fewer employees than the Copper and copper-based shapes (e.g., ca 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
2020 5.4 4.7 6 1 0
2019 5.8 2.5 7 0 0
2018 5.1 2.5 5 1 0
2017 6.4 3.9 4 1 0
2016 4.2 1.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331420 · OH · Bedford

198 Copper and copper-based shapes (e.g., cake, ingot, slag, wire bar) made from purchased metal or scrap 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 Alan Wire Company 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kalas Plant 1 - K1 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Precision Tube Company 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR International Wire - Jordan Operations 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Phillips Companies 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Columbus Mound Street Service Center 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE GEM Industrial Inc. - Husky Energy, Lima 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bruns Building and Development and Ohio and Indiana Roofing 84 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bedford Medical Center 350 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Federal Metal Co. 122 FTE
CITY-NEAR GM Industrial 117 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kelley Steel Erectors, Inc. 110 FTE
NAT-TCR Augusta Biotest Plasma Center 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 399 - Ridgefield 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR BlueLinx Corporation Charlotte 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4473 OILDALE, CA 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE South Oak Dodge, INC 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Roger Hotel 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE CCI:CC004 - CC004-New Mexico-Main Office 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rehab Hospital of Rhode Island 84 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.