Concrete reinforcement placement · California

Chang Steel, Inc.

Whittier, CA · ~29 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chang Steel, Inc. runs at 281% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Concrete reinforcement placement workplace, earning a grade F.

Chang Steel, Inc.: 7.9 TCR = 281% of Concrete reinforcement placement BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chang Steel, Inc. safety composite

Chang Steel, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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)
F 7.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−21.5

2021→2024

Chang Steel, Inc. injury rate improved

Chang Steel, Inc.'s TCR fell 21.5 from 21.5 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 21.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=21.5 · 2022=6.2 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · Whittier, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.9 · 281% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #76/96
  • PHOTO ABLE IRON WORKS
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ABLE IRON WORKS (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chang Steel, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chang Steel, Inc. averages 7.9 TCR (281% of the Concrete reinforcement placement BLS benchmark).

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

Chang Steel, Inc. TCR series: 2021=21.5 · 2022=6.2 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Chang Steel, Inc. falls in its industry

705 Concrete reinforcement placeme establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #76 safest of 96 Concrete reinforcement placeme employers in California.

Chang Steel, Inc. (29 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Chang Steel, Inc.
Chang Steel, Inc. (29 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Chang Steel, Inc. has fewer employees than the Concrete reinforcement placement median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2022 6.2 0.0 1 0 0
2021 21.5 10.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · CA · Whittier

705 Concrete reinforcement placement employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 124 employers in Whittier, 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 ABLE IRON WORKS 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bill's Custom Fab, Inc. 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1030 S.Kitley AVE 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR C. Young & Company, Inc. 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sean V. Doherty Farms 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Blanco Farms, LLC 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT SHOP 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cottonwood Farms 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR PIH Health Hospital - Whittier 3,609 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 499 2,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR PIH Health Hospital - Downey 1,130 FTE
CITY-NEAR PIH Health Physicians 819 FTE
NAT-TCR Glunt Industries Plant 2 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Bellewood Senior Care 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR AW2 Logistics, Inc. - Cudahy 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR V.L. Tammaro Oil Co. Inc. 7.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Animix KW 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ready Seafood Company - York 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sheet Metal 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Honeywell Specialty Materials Baton Rouge LA 29 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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