Metals service centers · California

Material Sciences Corporation Los Angeles

Whittier, CA · ~34 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Material Sciences Corporation Los Angeles runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade D.

Material Sciences Corporation Los Angeles: 3.4 TCR = 155% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Material Sciences Corporation Los Angeles safety composite

Material Sciences Corporation Los Angeles scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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%).

Material Sciences Corporation Los Angeles held a steady TCR band

Material Sciences Corporation Los Angeles's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=0.0 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=11.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 3.4 · 155% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #47/91
  • PHOTO Ta Chen Internationa…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ta Chen International - GCS Houston (0.0 TCR gap)

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Material Sciences Corporation Los Angeles in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Material Sciences Corporation Los Angeles averages 3.4 TCR (155% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

Material Sciences Corporation Los Angeles TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=11.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Material Sciences Corporation Los Angeles falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 54% 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 #47 safest of 91 Metals service centers employers in California.

Material Sciences Corporation Los Angeles (34 employees, TCR 3.4) 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 Material Sciences Corporation Los Angeles
Material Sciences Corporation Los Angeles (34 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Material Sciences Corporation Los Angeles has fewer 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 11.4 0.0 5 0 0
2020 2.3 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · CA · Whittier

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 124 employers in Whittier, 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 Ta Chen International - GCS Houston 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR PDM FPSS Stockton 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR KWI LLC 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR O'Neal Steel Incorporated_Birmingham 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ardent Mills Yuba City 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Filice Farms, L.P. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alexander Ranch, Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE MFarms 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR PIH Health Hospital - Whittier 3,609 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 499 2,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR PIH Health Hospital - Downey 1,130 FTE
CITY-NEAR PIH Health Physicians 819 FTE
NAT-TCR Boulder Contracting 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR IBA Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 1318 LKQ Newark 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Maryland Renaissance Festival 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Columbia Cascade Company 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Medford Administration 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baymont Inn & Suites - Hearne 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE David Taylor Chrysler 34 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, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.