Rods, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers · California

Copper and Brass Sales - Fresno

Name: Copper and Brass Sales - Fresno Workplace Safety Data
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Fresno, CA · ~37 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Copper and Brass Sales - Fresno runs at 103% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Rods, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Copper and Brass Sales - Fresno: 2.3 TCR = 103% of Rods, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Copper and Brass Sales - Fresno safety composite

Copper and Brass Sales - Fresno scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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).

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

Copper and Brass Sales - Fresno: 0.0 → 4.5 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 4.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2019

Copper and Brass Sales - Fresno's TCR rose 4.5 from 0.0 in 2018 to 4.5 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Fresno, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.3 · 103% of ind

DART 2.3 DART
RANK #23/91
PHOTO Chicago Tube and Iro…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chicago Tube and Iron Company Romeoville Fabrication (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Copper and Brass Sales - Fresno averages 2.3 TCR (103% of the Rods, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Copper and Brass Sales - Fresno TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=4.5 · BLS 2.2

Where Copper and Brass Sales - Fresno falls in its industry

1,299 Rods, metal (except precious), establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 91 Rods, metal (except precious), employers in California.

Copper and Brass Sales - Fresno (37 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Copper and Brass Sales - Fresno has fewer employees than the Rods, metal (except precious), merchant 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
2019	4.5	2.3	2	0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · CA · Fresno

1,299 Rods, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 981 employers in Fresno, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Chicago Tube and Iron Company Romeoville Fabrication	ROMEOVILLE, IL	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Heidtman Steel Products Inc.-Butler Sheet	BUTLER, IN	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Friedman Decatur	DECATUR, AL	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Universal Steel	CLEVELAND, OH	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	BULLSEYE FARMS LLC	WOODLAND	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	KP Spraying LLC	MADERA	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	KAN - 01	FRESNO	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kimberlina Shop	BAKERSFIELD	37 FTE
CITY-NEAR	County of Fresno	Fresno	7,553 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ag Force LLC	Fresno	6,430 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Community Regional Medical Ctr	Fresno	5,549 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Community Regional Medical Center	Fresno	4,921 FTE
NAT-TCR	AH Avera Queen of Peace	Mitchell, SD	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	NDX Green	Heber Springs, AR	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Braddock Metallurgical-GA	Atlanta, GA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hotel Covington	Covington, KY	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Praxair 914	East Chicago, IN	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tulsat LLC	Broken Arrow, OK	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mike's Glass & Mirror Company, Inc.	Orange, VA	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	MIddle	Norwood, MN	37 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: 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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