Metals service centers · Louisiana

Metals USA Plates and Shapes

Waggaman, LA · ~84 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Metals USA Plates and Shapes runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade C.

Metals USA Plates and Shapes: 1.9 TCR = 84% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metals USA Plates and Shapes safety composite

Metals USA Plates and Shapes scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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)
B 1.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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

−4.6

2019→2024

Metals USA Plates and Shapes injury rate improved

Metals USA Plates and Shapes's TCR fell 4.6 from 4.6 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.6 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Waggaman, LA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 1.9 · 84% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/15
  • PHOTO Earle M Jorgensen Co
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~84 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Earle M Jorgensen Co (0.0 TCR gap)

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Metals USA Plates and Shapes in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metals USA Plates and Shapes averages 1.9 TCR (84% 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 Plates and Shapes TCR series: 2019=4.6 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=0 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Metals USA Plates and Shapes falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 15 Metals service centers employers in Louisiana.

Metals USA Plates and Shapes (84 employees, TCR 1.9) 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 Plates and Shapes
Metals USA Plates and Shapes (84 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Metals USA Plates and Shapes has more 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
2023 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.8 1.4 2 0 0
2020 2.5 1.2 2 0 0
2019 4.6 1.9 5 0 1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · LA · Waggaman

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 14 employers in Waggaman, LA · 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 Earle M Jorgensen Co 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bralco Metals 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ryerson Houston 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atlas Bronze 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Arsenal Hill Ctrl Ctr and Envr 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wastewater Treatment of Louisiana 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE HMT LLC - Geismar 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Performance Contractors, Inc. - ExxonMobil Chem 84 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cornerstone Chemical Company- Fortier 494 FTE
CITY-NEAR New Orleans Marine 175 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carpenter & Paterson Inc. 174 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARTCO Stevedoring 162 FTE
NAT-TCR IBP of Jacksonville 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR FCA Stellantis Indiana Kokomo Transmission Plant 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Hood Container Greensboro 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Research Organics LLC 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE PHMG UGMC Clinics 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arbor Lake Health & Rehab 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ring Container Hanover 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE PEC-Marble Falls 84 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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 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.