Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade · California

Astro Aluminum Treating Co., Inc.

South Gate, CA · ~131 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Astro Aluminum Treating Co., Inc. runs at 119% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade C.

Astro Aluminum Treating Co., Inc.: 3.9 TCR = 119% of Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Astro Aluminum Treating Co., Inc. safety composite

Astro Aluminum Treating Co., Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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%).

Astro Aluminum Treating Co., Inc. held a steady TCR band

Astro Aluminum Treating Co., Inc.'s TCR held near 0.3 from 4.1 in 2022 to 3.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.1 · 2023=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332811 · South Gate, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 119% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #10/14
  • PHOTO HI TecMetal
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~131 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HI TecMetal (0.0 TCR gap)

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Astro Aluminum Treating Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Astro Aluminum Treating Co., Inc. averages 3.9 TCR (119% of the Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Astro Aluminum Treating Co., Inc. TCR series: 2022=4.1 · 2023=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Astro Aluminum Treating Co., Inc. falls in its industry

248 Heat treating metals and metal establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 14 Heat treating metals and metal employers in California.

Astro Aluminum Treating Co., Inc. (131 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Astro Aluminum Treating Co., Inc.
Astro Aluminum Treating Co., Inc. (131 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Astro Aluminum Treating Co., Inc. has more employees than the Heat treating metals and metal products median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 3.8 3.8 5 0 0
2022 4.1 4.1 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · CA · South Gate

248 Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 75 employers in South Gate, 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 HI TecMetal 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Paulo - Cleveland 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atmosphere Annealing Bassett 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Specialty Heat Treat, Inc. 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Babe Blosser Ranch 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dave Wilson Nursery 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gold Flora Corp 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Land FLC 131 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ono-027 908 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Gate, CA - 5650 Southern 792 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3180 587 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3180 573 FTE
NAT-TCR Lindsay Middle School 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Phoebus High School 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR SafeZone, LLC 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0667 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Stop & Shop 100559 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE Polk Plant 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE Super Stop & Shop 2815 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE Unit #0651 131 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, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.