Steel merchant wholesalers · California

Alaskan Copper, SD

San Diego, CA · ~24 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Alaskan Copper, SD runs at 248% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Steel merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Alaskan Copper, SD: 5.5 TCR = 248% of Steel merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Alaskan Copper, SD safety composite

Alaskan Copper, SD scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

−2.3

2020→2023

Alaskan Copper, SD injury rate improved

Alaskan Copper, SD's TCR fell 2.3 from 6.6 in 2020 to 4.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=6.6 · 2023=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · San Diego, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.5 · 248% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #66/91
  • PHOTO BF
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BF (0.0 TCR gap)

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Alaskan Copper, SD in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Alaskan Copper, SD averages 5.5 TCR (248% of the Steel merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Alaskan Copper, SD TCR series: 2020=6.6 · 2023=4.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Alaskan Copper, SD falls in its industry

1,299 Steel merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #66 safest of 91 Steel merchant wholesalers employers in California.

Alaskan Copper, SD (24 employees, TCR 5.5) 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, SD
Alaskan Copper, SD (24 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Alaskan Copper, SD has fewer employees than the Steel merchant wholesalers 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
2023 4.3 4.3 1 0 0
2020 6.6 6.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · CA · San Diego

1,299 Steel merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,979 employers in San Diego, CA · 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 BF 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Miami 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR JX 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR vHPM - Elgin 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Agro-Jal Farming Enterprises 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE MTD Farms 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marc Pura Ranch, LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Costa Farms 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC San Diego Health 9,310 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Atomics 8,108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health Human Services Agency 6,080 FTE
CITY-NEAR National University 4,955 FTE
NAT-TCR Custom Aire Inc. 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #5176 Pickerington, OH 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Oahu Port of Honolulu, Pier 40 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Klocke of America Inc 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ashland AHQ 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE JEM Hospitality Group, LLC 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southeast Railcar 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elm Press Terryville 24 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: 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.