Metals service centers · California

EMJ co

Lynwood, CA · ~67 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

EMJ co runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade D.

EMJ co: 3.5 TCR = 158% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

EMJ co safety composite

EMJ co scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% 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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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

−1.7

2020→2022

EMJ co injury rate improved

EMJ co's TCR fell 1.7 from 3.4 in 2020 to 1.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.3 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=3.4 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 158% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #51/91
  • PHOTO Clayton Metals, Inc
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~67 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Clayton Metals, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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EMJ co in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows EMJ co averages 3.5 TCR (158% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

EMJ co TCR series: 2020=3.4 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=1.7 · BLS 2.2

Where EMJ co falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #51 safest of 91 Metals service centers employers in California.

EMJ co (67 employees, TCR 3.5) 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 EMJ co
EMJ co (67 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

EMJ co has more employees than the Metals service centers 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
2022 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2021 5.3 5.3 2 1 0
2020 3.4 3.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · CA · Lynwood

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 52 employers in Lynwood, 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 Clayton Metals, Inc 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Location #2 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alaskan Copper, PDX 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ellwood Specialty Steel Company 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sonoma GVIC Ranches 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE MUGU RANCH PARTNERSHIP 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Travaille and Phippen, Inc. 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nurseries 67 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0010-00100008 1,965 FTE
CITY-NEAR PL Developments 174 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jones Wholesale Lumber Company, Inc. 172 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Lynwood 165 FTE
NAT-TCR Fitzmaurice Community Services 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 183 N Austin 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 407 - Wallingford 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 1027 - Florence-AL 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Juneau 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ray Laks Honda 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Warfield Electric Co., Inc. 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Merit Health Rankin 67 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: 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.