Metals service centers · New Jersey

Metals USA Newark

Newark, NJ · ~24 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metals USA Newark runs at 147% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade D.

Metals USA Newark: 3.2 TCR = 147% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metals USA Newark safety composite

Metals USA Newark 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.8

2017→2020

Metals USA Newark injury rate improved

Metals USA Newark's TCR fell 2.8 from 2.8 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.8 · 2018=3.0 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Newark, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.2 · 147% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/22
  • PHOTO Earl M. Jorgensen Co.
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Earl M. Jorgensen Co. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Metals USA Newark in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metals USA Newark averages 3.2 TCR (147% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

Metals USA Newark TCR series: 2017=2.8 · 2018=3 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Metals USA Newark falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 22 Metals service centers employers in New Jersey.

Metals USA Newark (24 employees, TCR 3.2) 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 Metals USA Newark
Metals USA Newark (24 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Metals USA Newark 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 7.2 7.2 2 0 0
2018 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2017 2.8 2.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · NJ · Newark

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 356 employers in Newark, NJ · 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 Earl M. Jorgensen Co. 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Earle M. Jorgensen Company 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR TKSS - Richburg 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ryerson- Eldridge 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Red Oak Power. LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aqua New Jersey, Inc. - Hamilton 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE A Molly Restoration & Remediation 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Network Construction Co, Inc. 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR EWR EWR 13,545 FTE
CITY-NEAR EWR - Airport United Airlines Offices 13,015 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-EWR 11,764 FTE
CITY-NEAR EWRPW9829 EWR - NON AA PAX SER 4,772 FTE
NAT-TCR Avita of Wells 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Taunton 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hudsonville Creamery & Ice Cream 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Tindall Corporation - Utilities Division 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Material Recovery Facility 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bariatric Center 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Houston Depot 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Panel Processing of Texas 24 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, 2019, 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.