Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Arkansas

Yaffe Iron & Metal Corp.

Fort Smith, AR · ~26 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Yaffe Iron & Metal Corp. runs at 481% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Yaffe Iron & Metal Corp.: 10.6 TCR = 481% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Yaffe Iron & Metal Corp. safety composite

Yaffe Iron & Metal Corp. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

−1.6

2016→2024

Yaffe Iron & Metal Corp. injury rate improved

Yaffe Iron & Metal Corp.'s TCR fell 1.6 from 9.2 in 2016 to 7.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 22.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.2 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=7.8 · 2019=22.0 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=16.4 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=21.1 · 2024=7.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Fort Smith, AR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.6 · 481% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/11
  • PHOTO IronMe
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: IronMe (0.0 TCR gap)

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Yaffe Iron & Metal Corp. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Yaffe Iron & Metal Corp. averages 10.6 TCR (481% 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

Yaffe Iron & Metal Corp. TCR series: 2016=9.2 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=7.8 · 2019=22 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=16.4 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=21.1 · 2024=7.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Yaffe Iron & Metal Corp. falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 11 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Arkansas.

Yaffe Iron & Metal Corp. (26 employees, TCR 10.6) 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 Yaffe Iron & Metal Corp.
Yaffe Iron & Metal Corp. (26 employees, TCR 10.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Yaffe Iron & Metal Corp. has fewer 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 7.6 0.0 3 0 0
2023 21.1 12.0 7 0 0
2022 2.6 0.0 1 0 0
2021 16.4 8.2 4 0 0
2020 4.3 4.3 1 0 0
2019 22.0 22.0 5 0 0
2018 7.8 3.9 2 0 0
2017 4.1 4.1 1 0 0
2016 9.2 4.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · AR · Fort Smith

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 249 employers in Fort Smith, AR · 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 IronMe 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fortune Metal Georgia, LLC 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR ERI Holliston, MA 10.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Beacon Recycling, Inc. 10.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Green Forest Hatchery 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clarksville Hatchery #1 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE RHM Gin & Warehouse 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hope Growout 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR MERCY HOSPITAL FORT SMITH 1,944 FTE
CITY-NEAR ABB Motors and Mechanical, Inc. - Fort Smith 1,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fort Smith - 5713 RS Boreham Jr Street 985 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Medical Center - Fort Smith 970 FTE
NAT-TCR PolyFlo, Inc. 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Linden Ponds 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Goodwill CFL - Longwood 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Edgewood Rehabilitation & Living Center 10.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Protective Coating Specialists, Inc. 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Weitron, Newark, DE Facility 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stafford Services 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carleton Inc 26 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, 2017, 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.