Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Maryland

United Iron and Metal

Baltimore, MD · ~43 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

United Iron and Metal runs at 133% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

United Iron and Metal: 2.9 TCR = 133% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

United Iron and Metal safety composite

United Iron and Metal scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

United Iron and Metal: 2.0 → 4.6 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 4.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.79× in 2020

United Iron and Metal's TCR rose 2.6 from 2.0 in 2018 to 4.6 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Baltimore, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.9 · 133% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #6/12
  • PHOTO OmniSource, LLC - P2…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: OmniSource, LLC - P2 Ferrous (0.0 TCR gap)

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United Iron and Metal in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows United Iron and Metal averages 2.9 TCR (133% 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

United Iron and Metal TCR series: 2018=2 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=4.6 · BLS 2.2

Where United Iron and Metal falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 12 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Maryland.

United Iron and Metal (43 employees, TCR 2.9) 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 United Iron and Metal
United Iron and Metal (43 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

United Iron and Metal 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
2020 4.6 2.3 2 0 0
2019 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2018 2.0 2.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · MD · Baltimore

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 1,031 employers in Baltimore, MD · 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 OmniSource, LLC - P2 Ferrous 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR River Metals Recycling - Somerset 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Glencore Recycling, LLC 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Menco Royal, Inc. 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Beltsville Warehouse 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE CBG 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Banneker Ventures 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE East Coast Building Services LLC 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Johns Hopkins Hospital 12,523 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Maryland Medical Center 7,980 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sinai Hospital of Baltimore 7,770 FTE
CITY-NEAR NGMS-T340 6,180 FTE
NAT-TCR Icynene-Lapolla 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR American Girl Denver 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Endeavor Air, Inc. - MSP Flight Operations and Inflight Base 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 4769-640-Williams Sonoma 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE DGS Aviation Services : ITH - Ithaca 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE DGS Aviation Services : HPN - White Plains 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE DGS Aviation Services : GNV - Gainesville 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE DGS Aviation Services : FAI - Fairbanks 43 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. 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.