Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Colorado

Western Metals Recycling Englewood

Denver, CO · ~25 workers · 4 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

Western Metals Recycling Englewood runs at 131% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Western Metals Recycling Englewood: 2.9 TCR = 131% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western Metals Recycling Englewood safety composite

Western Metals Recycling Englewood scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−11.6

2021→2024

Western Metals Recycling Englewood injury rate improved

Western Metals Recycling Englewood's TCR fell 11.6 from 11.6 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=11.6 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Denver, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.9 · 131% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/15
  • PHOTO Regency Technologies…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Regency Technologies - Durham (0.0 TCR gap)

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Western Metals Recycling Englewood in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Western Metals Recycling Englewood averages 2.9 TCR (131% 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

Western Metals Recycling Englewood TCR series: 2021=11.6 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Western Metals Recycling Englewood falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 15 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Colorado.

Western Metals Recycling Englewood (25 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 Western Metals Recycling Englewood
Western Metals Recycling Englewood (25 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Western Metals Recycling Englewood has fewer 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 11.6 7.7 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · CO · Denver

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 1,757 employers in Denver, CO · 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 Regency Technologies - Durham 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR JI&M Metal Processors 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sharon 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Homeboy Recycling 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Q Ranch, LLC 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE NGL WATER SOLUTIONS, LLC-C6 PLATTEVILLE 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Subterranean Boring Inc 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Colorado Energy Nations Co., LLC 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEN DEN 9,832 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-DEN 6,769 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEN - Airport United Airlines Offices 5,277 FTE
CITY-NEAR CO-01 4,581 FTE
NAT-TCR The Betsy Ross Owner LLC 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Diamond State Trucking 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - MSP7 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Houston UP Settegast 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Glazers Beer And Beverage MH 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sukup Hampton 12 Manufacturing Facility 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE R&R Horn Contractors Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE INEOS Phenol Pasadena TX 25 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.