Bar, aluminum, made in integrated secondary smelting and extruding mills · California
Kaiser Aluminum
Commerce, CA · ~109 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kaiser Aluminum runs at 103% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bar, aluminum, made in integrated secondary smelting and extruding mills workplace, earning a grade C.
Kaiser Aluminum: 3.4 TCR = 103% of Bar, aluminum, made in integrated secondary smelting and extruding mills BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kaiser Aluminum safety composite
Kaiser Aluminum scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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).
41/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.39 per 100 workers
Safer than 42% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.44 per 100 workers
Safer than 32% 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
Kaiser Aluminum: 0.8 → 2.4 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 6.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.72× in 2024
Kaiser Aluminum's TCR rose 1.6 from 0.8 in 2018 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331318 · Commerce, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 103% of ind
- DART 2.4 DART
- RANK #4/11
- PHOTO Kaiser Aluminum Alex…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 28 inj
- SIZE ~109 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Kaiser Aluminum Alexco, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kaiser Aluminum in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- SCM Industries
SCM Industries, LLC
3.5 TCR
- Gateway Extrus
Gateway Extrusions, Ltd.
3.5 TCR
- This site
Kaiser Aluminum
3.4 TCR
- Kaiser Aluminu
Kaiser Aluminum Alexco, LLC
3.4 TCR
- Kaiser Aluminu
Kaiser Aluminum
3.3 TCR
What this shows Kaiser Aluminum averages 3.4 TCR (103% of the Bar, aluminum, made in integrated secondary smelting and extruding mills BLS benchmark).
Kaiser Aluminum TCR series: 2018=0.8 · 2019=6 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=4.1 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Kaiser Aluminum falls in its industry
204 Bar, aluminum, made in integra establishmentsSafer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 11 Bar, aluminum, made in integra employers in California.
Kaiser Aluminum has fewer employees than the Bar, aluminum, made in integrated second median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331318 · CA · Commerce
204 Bar, aluminum, made in integrated secondary smelting and extruding mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 163 employers in Commerce, 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 | Kaiser Aluminum Alexco, LLC | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kaiser Aluminum | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SCM Industries, LLC | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gateway Extrusions, Ltd. | 3.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | BRAVANTE FARM MANAGEMENT | 109 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | John Kautz Farms - Lodi, CA | 109 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | G4 Farm Labor, Inc. | 109 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Elvira Sandoval | 109 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ferguson Complex | 2,769 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 587 | 2,621 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PCAM, LLC | 1,194 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AMZL : DLA3 | 771 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 30031 Capstone - Adusa (Dry) Dc10 Salisbury Nc | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Molson Coors Beverage Company USA | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rolling Meadows Health and Rehabilitation | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Focused Care at Humble | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Draper VAF | 109 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 10746 Ideal Market Denver | 109 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 10504 Wichita | 109 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Valassis Manufacturing Company | 109 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.