Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers · California

ELG Metals - South Gate

South Gate, CA · ~33 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ELG Metals - South Gate runs at 412% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

ELG Metals - South Gate: 9.1 TCR = 412% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ELG Metals - South Gate safety composite

ELG Metals - South Gate scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−18.7

2020→2024

ELG Metals - South Gate injury rate improved

ELG Metals - South Gate's TCR fell 18.7 from 25.2 in 2020 to 6.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 25.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=25.2 · 2021=7.7 · 2022=6.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=6.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · South Gate, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.1 · 412% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #79/91
  • PHOTO MBG Scrap Yard
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MBG Scrap Yard (0.0 TCR gap)

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ELG Metals - South Gate in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ELG Metals - South Gate averages 9.1 TCR (412% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

ELG Metals - South Gate TCR series: 2020=25.2 · 2021=7.7 · 2022=6 · 2023=0 · 2024=6.5 · BLS 2.2

Where ELG Metals - South Gate falls in its industry

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #79 safest of 91 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in California.

ELG Metals - South Gate (33 employees, TCR 9.1) 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 ELG Metals - South Gate
ELG Metals - South Gate (33 employees, TCR 9.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

ELG Metals - South Gate has fewer employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal median and a higher 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 6.5 0.0 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 6.0 0.0 2 0 0
2021 7.7 7.7 0 2 0
2020 25.2 22.4 2 7 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · CA · South Gate

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 75 employers in South Gate, 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 MBG Scrap Yard 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR E. Schneider & Sons - Corporate Allentown 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yaffe Metals 9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Port St. Lucie 9.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tutti Frutti Farms 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE EL CENTRO 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE BULLSEYE FARMS 18 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE River Vista Farms LLC 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ono-027 908 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Gate, CA - 5650 Southern 792 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3180 587 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3180 573 FTE
NAT-TCR Bridgeview Estates Century 9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR NEE 9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Twin City Glass Corp 9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 1104 - Garner 9.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE MG - Charlotte 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE MG - Akron 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE 470-NiSource-Toledo OH-West Mod 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE PSD Pittsburgh 33 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, 2020. 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.