Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers · Oregon

Alaskan Copper, PDX

Portland, OR · ~17 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Alaskan Copper, PDX runs at 157% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Alaskan Copper, PDX: 3.5 TCR = 157% of Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Alaskan Copper, PDX safety composite

Alaskan Copper, PDX scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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 3.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

Alaskan Copper, PDX: 0.0 → 6.9 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 6.9 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2023

Alaskan Copper, PDX's TCR rose 6.9 from 0.0 in 2020 to 6.9 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Portland, OR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 157% of ind

  • DART 6.9 DART
  • RANK #7/16
  • PHOTO Ellwood Specialty St…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~17 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ellwood Specialty Steel Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Alaskan Copper, PDX in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Alaskan Copper, PDX averages 3.5 TCR (157% of the Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Alaskan Copper, PDX TCR series: 2020=0 · 2023=6.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Alaskan Copper, PDX falls in its industry

1,299 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesal establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 16 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesal employers in Oregon.

Alaskan Copper, PDX (17 employees, TCR 3.5) 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 Alaskan Copper, PDX
Alaskan Copper, PDX (17 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Alaskan Copper, PDX has fewer employees than the Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers 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
2023 6.9 6.9 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · OR · Portland

1,299 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 1,728 employers in Portland, OR · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Ellwood Specialty Steel Company 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tube Service - Milpitas 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clayton Metals, Inc 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR EMJ co 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE CSS Farms - Ione 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aurora Farms, LLC 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Parkdale 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Legacy Orchard Management, LLC 17 FTE
CITY-NEAR OHSU Main Campus 18,003 FTE
CITY-NEAR OR349 PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CTR-PORTLA 4,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR OR346 PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CTR-PORTLAND 3,684 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2252-00000530 3,498 FTE
NAT-TCR Porto's Bakery, Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR FLEXcon NE 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Slovene Home for the Aged 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR SSA Pacific Pier F Long Beach 3.5 TCR

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: 2023, 2020. 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.