Copper and copper-based shapes (e.g., cake, ingot, slag, wire bar) made from purchased metal or scrap · California

California Metal-X

Los Angeles, CA · ~31 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

California Metal-X runs at 225% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Copper and copper-based shapes (e.g., cake, ingot, slag, wire bar) made from purchased metal or scrap workplace, earning a grade F.

California Metal-X: 7.4 TCR = 225% of Copper and copper-based shapes (e.g., cake, ingot, slag, wire bar) made from purchased metal or scrap BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

California Metal-X safety composite

California Metal-X scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% 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

−1.0

2017→2023

California Metal-X injury rate improved

California Metal-X's TCR fell 1.0 from 10.0 in 2017 to 9.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.0 · 2018=6.2 · 2021=3.0 · 2022=9.0 · 2023=9.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331420 · Los Angeles, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 225% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO Therm-O-Link of Texas
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Therm-O-Link of Texas (0.0 TCR gap)

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California Metal-X in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows California Metal-X averages 7.4 TCR (225% of the Copper and copper-based shapes (e.g., cake, ingot, slag, wire bar) made from purchased metal or scrap BLS benchmark).

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

California Metal-X TCR series: 2017=10 · 2018=6.2 · 2021=3 · 2022=9 · 2023=9 · BLS 3.3

Where California Metal-X falls in its industry

198 Copper and copper-based shapes establishments

Safer than 18% 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 #4 safest of 4 Copper and copper-based shapes employers in California.

California Metal-X (31 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate California Metal-X
California Metal-X (31 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 3.7

California Metal-X has fewer employees than the Copper and copper-based shapes (e.g., ca 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 9.0 0.0 3 0 0
2022 9.0 9.0 3 0 0
2021 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2018 6.2 0.0 2 0 0
2017 10.0 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331420 · CA · Los Angeles

198 Copper and copper-based shapes (e.g., cake, ingot, slag, wire bar) made from purchased metal or scrap 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 Therm-O-Link of Texas 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Electric Materials Company 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR GD Copper, (U.S.A.), Inc. 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hussey Copper FAB Plant 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE GCF 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nielsen Farms 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Star Nurseries LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Progressive Growers Inc 31 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 Dominos 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Canton Terminal 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Theisen's of Ames 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 99-Southern Distribution Center 7.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Valley Dairy Restaurant #4 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Isaac heating and air conditioning Syracuse 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Progressive Stamping and Fabrication 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Maids of Sarasota 31 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, 2021, 2018, 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.