Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Arizona

Copper State Metals LLC

Phoenix, AZ · ~37 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Copper State Metals LLC runs at 80% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Copper State Metals LLC: 1.8 TCR = 80% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Copper State Metals LLC safety composite

Copper State Metals LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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 State Metals LLC: 0.0 → 5.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.3 TCR · DART/TCR 3.01× in 2024

Copper State Metals LLC's TCR rose 5.3 from 0.0 in 2021 to 5.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 3.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Phoenix, AZ AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 80% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #3/19
  • PHOTO Western Metals Recyc…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Western Metals Recycling - West Salt Lake (0.0 TCR gap)

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Copper State Metals LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Copper State Metals LLC averages 1.8 TCR (80% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Copper State Metals LLC TCR series: 2021=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Copper State Metals LLC falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 19 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Arizona.

Copper State Metals LLC (37 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Copper State Metals LLC
Copper State Metals LLC (37 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Copper State Metals LLC has fewer employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 5.3 5.3 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · AZ · Phoenix

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 2,630 employers in Phoenix, AZ · 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 Western Metals Recycling - West Salt Lake 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR E. Schneider & Sons, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Environmental Wood Solutions 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Los Angeles Operations 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE T&A - Yuma - Farm 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Paul Rovey Dairy 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Flagstaff Forestry 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arizona Boiler Co Inc 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maricopa County 15,504 FTE
CITY-NEAR Phoenix Children's Hospital 7,575 FTE
CITY-NEAR All Company 6,261 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030500 6,153 FTE
NAT-TCR Hickory Chair 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Wells Specialty Pharmacy, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bellville Acetylene Plant 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Equipment Depot of Illinois, Inc. - Corporate 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cross Technologies Inc Nissan Smyrna 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fontainebleau Construction 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Environmental Transport Group Inc 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Imperial Privacy Systems LLC 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: 2024, 2023, 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.