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

Copper and Brass Sales - Portland

Portland, OR · ~18 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Copper and Brass Sales - Portland runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Rods, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Copper and Brass Sales - Portland: 3.0 TCR = 138% of Rods, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Copper and Brass Sales - Portland safety composite

Copper and Brass Sales - Portland scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−6.1

2018→2019

Copper and Brass Sales - Portland injury rate improved

Copper and Brass Sales - Portland's TCR fell 6.1 from 6.1 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.1 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.1 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Portland, OR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.0 · 138% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/16
  • PHOTO Metalwest - Ogden
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Metalwest - Ogden (0.0 TCR gap)

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Copper and Brass Sales - Portland in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Copper and Brass Sales - Portland averages 3.0 TCR (138% of the Rods, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Copper and Brass Sales - Portland TCR series: 2018=6.1 · 2019=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Copper and Brass Sales - Portland falls in its industry

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

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 16 Rods, metal (except precious), employers in Oregon.

Copper and Brass Sales - Portland (18 employees, TCR 3.0) 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 Copper and Brass Sales - Portland
Copper and Brass Sales - Portland (18 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Copper and Brass Sales - Portland 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 6.1 6.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · OR · Portland

1,299 Rods, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 1,728 employers in Portland, OR · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Metalwest - Ogden 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR STEEL SERVICES, INC. NORFOLK 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Earle M Jorgensen Company 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tulsa TOK 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Performance Insulation - Executive Office 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amstad Farming Company - Hermiston Area 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gehring Farms 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Breyman Farms Inc 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR OHSU Main Campus 18,003 FTE
CITY-NEAR OR349 PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CTR-PORTLA 4,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR OR346 PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CTR-PORTLAND 3,684 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2252-00000530 3,498 FTE
NAT-TCR Image Dental Arts Inc 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Division 18 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR NECO 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Fairfield IA 3.0 TCR

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