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

Kramar's Iron & Metal, Inc.

Sun Valley, CA · ~33 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kramar's Iron & Metal, Inc. runs at 175% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Kramar's Iron & Metal, Inc.: 3.8 TCR = 175% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kramar's Iron & Metal, Inc. safety composite

Kramar's Iron & Metal, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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

−2.8

2019→2021

Kramar's Iron & Metal, Inc. injury rate improved

Kramar's Iron & Metal, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.8 from 5.3 in 2019 to 2.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=5.3 · 2021=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Sun Valley, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.8 · 175% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #49/91
  • PHOTO MTR
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MTR (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kramar's Iron & Metal, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kramar's Iron & Metal, Inc. averages 3.8 TCR (175% 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

Kramar's Iron & Metal, Inc. TCR series: 2019=5.3 · 2021=2.4 · BLS 2.2

Where Kramar's Iron & Metal, Inc. falls in its industry

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

Safer than 51% 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 #49 safest of 91 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in California.

Kramar's Iron & Metal, Inc. (33 employees, TCR 3.8) 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 Kramar's Iron & Metal, Inc.
Kramar's Iron & Metal, Inc. (33 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Kramar's Iron & Metal, Inc. has fewer employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal 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
2021 2.4 0.0 1 0 0
2019 5.3 5.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · CA · Sun Valley

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 · 117 employers in Sun Valley, 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 MTR 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Encore Recycling, LLC 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alter Metal Recycling - Anoka 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR ELG Metals - Port Vue 3.9 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 Division 15 510 FTE
CITY-NEAR The People Concern - Arminta Apts 367 FTE
CITY-NEAR TRUESDALE TRAINING FACILITY 366 FTE
CITY-NEAR LADWP 11781 TRUESDALE 357 FTE
NAT-TCR Seiren North America, LLC 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Evergreen Lifestyles Management - Bellalago 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR NHN 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR MLP 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Reach 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE E. L. Shearer Concrete & Masonry, Inc. 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Duo Safety Ladder Corporation 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Community Coffee - Northshore Sales 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: 2021, 2019. 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.