Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers · California

Angelus Western Paper Fibers

Los Angeles, CA · ~42 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Angelus Western Paper Fibers runs at 220% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Angelus Western Paper Fibers: 4.8 TCR = 220% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Angelus Western Paper Fibers safety composite

Angelus Western Paper Fibers scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% 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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.5 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

Angelus Western Paper Fibers: 2.2 → 7.5 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 7.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.55× in 2020

Angelus Western Paper Fibers's TCR rose 5.3 from 2.2 in 2017 to 7.5 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Los Angeles, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.8 · 220% of ind

  • DART 7.5 DART
  • RANK #61/91
  • PHOTO Wilmington Iron & Me…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wilmington Iron & Metal Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Angelus Western Paper Fibers in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Angelus Western Paper Fibers averages 4.8 TCR (220% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Angelus Western Paper Fibers TCR series: 2017=2.2 · 2020=7.5 · BLS 2.2

Where Angelus Western Paper Fibers falls in its industry

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #61 safest of 91 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in California.

Angelus Western Paper Fibers (42 employees, TCR 4.8) 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Angelus Western Paper Fibers
Angelus Western Paper Fibers (42 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Angelus Western Paper Fibers has more employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal 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
2020 7.5 7.5 3 0 0
2017 2.2 2.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · CA · Los Angeles

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 2,064 employers in Los Angeles, 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 Wilmington Iron & Metal Co., Inc. 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alter Metal Recycling - Peoria Behr - Clarke St 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oscar Winski Company 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Integrated Recycling Technologies, Inc. 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Quad H 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE CJJ Farming, Inc 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oceano Packing Company LLC 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Connell Ranch 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Live Nation Worldwide, Inc. 50,317 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC Los Angeles 40,333 FTE
CITY-NEAR LADWP 11,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR Los Angeles Department of Water and Power 10,346 FTE
NAT-TCR Park Terrace Assisted Living 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR NBHX Trim USA 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Honda Mfg. of Indiana, LLC 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR FLL - Maintenance 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Turner at Simplot Phosphates LLC Rock Springs WY 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE IMP Plumbing and Heating Corp. 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE DGS Aviation Services : MOT - Minot 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE DGS Aviation Services : DAY - Dayton 42 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: 2020, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.