Metals service centers · Puerto Rico

A. J. Oster Caribe, LLC

Caguas, PR · ~21 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

A. J. Oster Caribe, LLC runs at 167% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade D.

A. J. Oster Caribe, LLC: 3.7 TCR = 167% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

A. J. Oster Caribe, LLC safety composite

A. J. Oster Caribe, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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%).

A. J. Oster Caribe, LLC held a steady TCR band

A. J. Oster Caribe, LLC's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.0 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=11.0 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Caguas, PR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.7 · 167% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO 3142_19390
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 3142_19390 (0.0 TCR gap)

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A. J. Oster Caribe, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows A. J. Oster Caribe, LLC averages 3.7 TCR (167% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

A. J. Oster Caribe, LLC TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=11 · 2018=0 · BLS 2.2

Where A. J. Oster Caribe, LLC falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Puerto Rico alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Metals service centers employers in Puerto Rico.

A. J. Oster Caribe, LLC (21 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate A. J. Oster Caribe, LLC
A. J. Oster Caribe, LLC (21 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

A. J. Oster Caribe, LLC has fewer employees than the Metals service centers median and a lower 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 11.0 5.5 2 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · PR · Caguas

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,632 rated employers in Puerto Rico with headcount on file · 130 employers in Caguas, PR · 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 3142_19390 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Teinert Metals, Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Full Circle Recycling Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cleveland Division 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE GENERA MAYAGUEZ 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE LUMA, Bayamon 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE PROYECTO CIUDADELA III 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE 35-LA CEIBA 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR HOSPITAL HIMA SAN PABLO.CAGUAS 1,550 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2449 804 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2449 641 FTE
CITY-NEAR MJ CONSULTING & DEVELOPMENT, INC. 604 FTE
NAT-TCR MDM Construction Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Winchester12 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Harbor Place at Port St. Lucie 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Tempe - Phoenix Airport (HP) 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Shopko Hometown #554 (Andrews, TX) 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE S&B James Construction Management 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shopko Hometown #672 (Oneill, NE) 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Selhorst Concrete Inc. 21 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: 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.