Smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary · California

Heraeus Prescious Metals North America LLC

Santa Fe Springs, CA · ~117 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Heraeus Prescious Metals North America LLC runs at 207% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary workplace, earning a grade F.

Heraeus Prescious Metals North America LLC: 6.8 TCR = 207% of Smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Heraeus Prescious Metals North America LLC safety composite

Heraeus Prescious Metals North America LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

−4.7

2017→2020

Heraeus Prescious Metals North America LLC injury rate improved

Heraeus Prescious Metals North America LLC's TCR fell 4.7 from 10.8 in 2017 to 6.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.8 · 2018=3.7 · 2020=6.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331492 · Santa Fe Springs, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 207% of ind

  • DART 6.0 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO Calumet
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~117 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Calumet (0.0 TCR gap)

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Heraeus Prescious Metals North America LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Heraeus Prescious Metals North America LLC averages 6.8 TCR (207% of the Smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary BLS benchmark).

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

Heraeus Prescious Metals North America LLC TCR series: 2017=10.8 · 2018=3.7 · 2020=6 · BLS 3.3

Where Heraeus Prescious Metals North America LLC falls in its industry

132 Smelting and refining of nonfe establishments

Safer than 15% 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 #4 safest of 4 Smelting and refining of nonfe employers in California.

Heraeus Prescious Metals North America LLC (117 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Heraeus Prescious Metals North America LLC
Heraeus Prescious Metals North America LLC (117 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Heraeus Prescious Metals North America LLC has more employees than the Smelting and refining of nonferrous meta median and a higher 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
2020 6.0 6.0 8 2 0
2018 3.7 3.7 3 1 0
2017 10.8 5.4 6 8 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331492 · CA · Santa Fe Springs

132 Smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 310 employers in Santa Fe Springs, 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 Calumet 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Buick Resource Recycling Facility 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Zinc Recycling Corp. 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Buffalo Tungsten 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Frog Hollow Farm LLC 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE Standard Cattle LLC 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE LFA 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oxnard Plant #4 117 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 423 3,217 FTE
CITY-NEAR CSI Electrical Contractors, Inc. 1,217 FTE
CITY-NEAR CSI 1,179 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vans Distribution Center - SFS 757 FTE
NAT-TCR Channel 3 Kids Camp 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 599 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Grand Ave. Chicago Store 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Dwt 90 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Norton County Hospital 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Waskey Bridges, Inc. 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rhythms Home Care 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hillside Manor 117 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: 2020, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.