Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Indiana

TKC

Columbus, IN · ~47 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

TKC runs at 520% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

TKC: 11.4 TCR = 520% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

TKC safety composite

TKC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

TKC: 6.1 → 7.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 33.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.65× in 2024

TKC's TCR rose 1.4 from 6.1 in 2016 to 7.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 33.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Columbus, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.4 · 520% of ind

  • DART 7.4 DART
  • RANK #52/55
  • PHOTO Northern Metal Recyc…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 35 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Northern Metal Recycling Minneapolis (0.0 TCR gap)

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TKC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows TKC averages 11.4 TCR (520% 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

TKC TCR series: 2016=6.1 · 2018=33.8 · 2019=16.6 · 2020=8.2 · 2021=9.7 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=7.3 · 2024=7.4 · BLS 2.2

Where TKC falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #52 safest of 55 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Indiana.

TKC (47 employees, TCR 11.4) 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate TKC
TKC (47 employees, TCR 11.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

TKC has more employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale 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
2024 7.4 7.4 3 0 0
2023 7.3 0.0 3 0 0
2022 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2021 9.7 2.4 3 1 0
2020 8.2 5.5 3 0 0
2019 16.6 6.2 7 1 0
2018 33.8 9.6 13 1 0
2016 6.1 3.0 2 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IN · Columbus

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 141 employers in Columbus, IN · 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 Northern Metal Recycling Minneapolis 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Colt Recycling, LLC Hudson 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR LWHS LTD 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Recycling LLC 11.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE AquaBounty Farms Indiana LLC 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Remington Plant 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Francesville 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Boone REMC 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toyota Material Handling, Inc. 1,961 FTE
CITY-NEAR NTN Driveshaft Inc. 1,756 FTE
CITY-NEAR Columbus Engine Plant 1,335 FTE
CITY-NEAR Commons Office Building 1,248 FTE
NAT-TCR Nashville Wilbert Burial Vault Company 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Goodwill Spring Hill SS 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR D & R Garage Doors Plus 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Optimist Campus 11.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mackenzie Automatic Doors Inc. 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5155 Fresenius Medical Care 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wholesale Imprints inc 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Polymar 47 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.