Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers · California
B&B Surplus Inc.
Bakersfield, CA · ~112 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 4.9
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
B&B Surplus Inc. runs at 223% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
B&B Surplus Inc.: 4.9 TCR = 223% of Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
B&B Surplus Inc. safety composite
B&B Surplus Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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).
45/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.91 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.67 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% 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
B&B Surplus Inc.: 3.5 → 5.0 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 11.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.34× in 2024
B&B Surplus Inc.'s TCR rose 1.5 from 3.5 in 2017 to 5.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423510 · Bakersfield, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 4.9 · 223% of ind
- DART 1.7 DART
- RANK #63/91
- PHOTO Location #4
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 49 inj
- SIZE ~112 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Location #4 (0.0 TCR gap)
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B&B Surplus Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
B&B Surplus Inc.
4.9 TCR
- Location #4
Location #4
4.9 TCR
- Central Steel
Central Steel & Wire
4.9 TCR
- O'Neal Steel I
O'Neal Steel Incorporated_Shelbyville
4.9 TCR
- SL-2
SL-2
4.9 TCR
What this shows B&B Surplus Inc. averages 4.9 TCR (223% of the Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
B&B Surplus Inc. TCR series: 2017=3.5 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=1.7 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=11 · 2023=7.4 · 2024=5 · BLS 2.2
Where B&B Surplus Inc. falls in its industry
1,299 Metal products (e.g., bars, in establishmentsSafer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #63 safest of 91 Metal products (e.g., bars, in employers in California.
B&B Surplus Inc. has more employees than the Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.4 | 4.1 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11.0 | 4.2 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423510 · CA · Bakersfield
1,299 Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 818 employers in Bakersfield, 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 | Location #4 | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Central Steel & Wire | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | O'Neal Steel Incorporated_Shelbyville | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SL-2 | 4.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | DFF | 112 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | HMB North Property | 112 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PULIDO AG SERVICE | 112 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Central City Harvesting, Inc. | 112 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CA Bakersfield | 4,667 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CA-04 | 4,525 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - BFL1 | 4,113 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Esparza Enterprises, Inc | 3,267 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Ventra Fowlerville | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Farm and Fleet of Clinton | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Marion County Fiscal Court | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Graphic Pallet and Transport, Inc | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Linton Regional Medical Center | 112 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Isd 2137 | 112 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Laurels of Summit Ridge | 112 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | County Fair Food Store - Mitchell | 112 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.