Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing · California

Melco Steel

Azusa, CA · ~22 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Melco Steel runs at 412% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Melco Steel: 13.6 TCR = 412% of Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Melco Steel safety composite

Melco Steel scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

−12.4

2017→2023

Melco Steel injury rate improved

Melco Steel's TCR fell 12.4 from 23.9 in 2017 to 11.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 23.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=23.9 · 2018=18.9 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=11.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332420 · Azusa, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.6 · 412% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #9/11
  • PHOTO Big Bee Steel and Ta…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Bee Steel and Tank Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Melco Steel in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Melco Steel averages 13.6 TCR (412% of the Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Melco Steel TCR series: 2017=23.9 · 2018=18.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=11.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Melco Steel falls in its industry

355 Water tanks, heavy gauge metal establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 11 Water tanks, heavy gauge metal employers in California.

Melco Steel (22 employees, TCR 13.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Melco Steel
Melco Steel (22 employees, TCR 13.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Melco Steel has fewer employees than the Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufact median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2023 11.5 5.8 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 18.9 14.2 4 0 0
2017 23.9 8.0 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332420 · CA · Azusa

355 Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 73 employers in Azusa, 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 Big Bee Steel and Tank Company 13.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dutton-Lainson/Hastings Equity Grain Division 13.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Internationa Container Company LLC 13.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Niles Steel Tank Company 14.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE LaGrande Farms 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Del Carlo Farms, Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Linda Vista Farms 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE MOUNTAIN VIEW FARM SHOP 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR NGSP-E654 991 FTE
CITY-NEAR NGAS-E650 989 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Azusa 366 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Azusa - Public Works 336 FTE
NAT-TCR Bloomer Trailer Mfg., Inc. 13.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Kirksville Manor Care Center 13.6 TCR
NAT-TCR HG251 13.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Summit Air & Electric, LLC 13.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Store 9415 - 57th @ 195th 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plano Sales Office 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kendallville 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ragland Mills, Inc 22 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: 2023, 2022, 2018, 2017. 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.