Metals service centers · Rhode Island

A. J. Oster East

Warwick, RI · ~53 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

A. J. Oster East runs at 175% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade D.

A. J. Oster East: 3.9 TCR = 175% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

A. J. Oster East safety composite

A. J. Oster East scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

A. J. Oster East: 4.0 → 5.6 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 5.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.46× in 2018

A. J. Oster East's TCR rose 1.6 from 4.0 in 2016 to 5.6 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Warwick, RI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.9 · 175% of ind

  • DART 5.6 DART
  • RANK #2/5
  • PHOTO Earle M. Jorgensen C…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Earle M. Jorgensen Company Denver (0.0 TCR gap)

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A. J. Oster East in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows A. J. Oster East averages 3.9 TCR (175% 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 East TCR series: 2016=4 · 2017=1.9 · 2018=5.6 · BLS 2.2

Where A. J. Oster East falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Rhode Island alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Metals service centers employers in Rhode Island.

A. J. Oster East (53 employees, TCR 3.9) 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 East
A. J. Oster East (53 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

A. J. Oster East has more employees than the Metals service centers median and a higher 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 5.6 5.6 3 0 0
2017 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2016 4.0 4.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · RI · Warwick

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,610 rated employers in Rhode Island with headcount on file · 207 employers in Warwick, RI · 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 Earle M. Jorgensen Company Denver 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR AMI Metals KS 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Phoenix Metals Company Location #31 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Boyd Metals of Tyler, Texas 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE EMPIRE BUILDERS, INC 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Structural Stone LLC 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Kingstown 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE National Marker Company 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kent Hospital 1,971 FTE
CITY-NEAR RIPRO - PROVIDENCE 1,537 FTE
CITY-NEAR Care New England Medical Group 1,264 FTE
CITY-NEAR PROVIDENCE (RIPRO) 1,244 FTE
NAT-TCR Courtyard by Marriott Dunn Loring Fairfax 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Shopko Store #65 (Boise, ID (West)) 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Cenveo Conklin, NY 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Piersma Dairy, Inc. 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Coppel Quill FC 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Hydraulics 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Diamond Care Center 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE ACCESS & Transportation 53 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.