Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers · California

Central Plains Steel Co.

Los Angeles, CA · ~47 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central Plains Steel Co. runs at 156% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Central Plains Steel Co.: 3.4 TCR = 156% of Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Plains Steel Co. safety composite

Central Plains Steel Co. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

−3.7

2019→2021

Central Plains Steel Co. injury rate improved

Central Plains Steel Co.'s TCR fell 3.7 from 5.8 in 2019 to 2.2 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=5.8 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Los Angeles, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.4 · 156% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #49/91
  • PHOTO Steel Warehouse of O…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Steel Warehouse of Ohio (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Plains Steel Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Plains Steel Co. averages 3.4 TCR (156% of the Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Central Plains Steel Co. TCR series: 2019=5.8 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=2.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Central Plains Steel Co. falls in its industry

1,299 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesal establishments

Safer than 53% 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 #49 safest of 91 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesal employers in California.

Central Plains Steel Co. (47 employees, TCR 3.4) 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 Central Plains Steel Co.
Central Plains Steel Co. (47 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Central Plains Steel Co. has more employees than the Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers median and a lower 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
2021 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2020 2.3 0.0 1 0 0
2019 5.8 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · CA · Los Angeles

1,299 Pipe, metal, 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 Steel Warehouse of Ohio 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR E. Butler, PA 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ellwood Specialty Steel Company 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tube Service - Milpitas 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bowles Farming Company,Inc. 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ruiz Farm Labor 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fresh Valley Harvesting, LLC. 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Timothy & Viguie C.S.V. 47 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 Cadence Inc. Virginia 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Jarrell 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Eagle Transport Corporation - Charlotte 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR buybuy Baby Aurora 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE ABC Metals 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Houston (IAH) 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Red Jacket Orchards 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Inskeep Ford 47 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.