Structural assemblies, metal, merchant wholesalers · Louisiana

Metals USA Waggaman

Waggaman, LA · ~91 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metals USA Waggaman runs at 141% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Structural assemblies, metal, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Metals USA Waggaman: 3.1 TCR = 141% of Structural assemblies, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metals USA Waggaman safety composite

Metals USA Waggaman scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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).

D

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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%).

Metals USA Waggaman held a steady TCR band

Metals USA Waggaman's TCR held near 0.0 from 3.1 in 2017 to 3.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.1 · 2018=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Waggaman, LA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.1 · 141% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #12/15
  • PHOTO National Material Pr…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: National Material Processing LLC - Plant 2 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Metals USA Waggaman in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metals USA Waggaman averages 3.1 TCR (141% of the Structural assemblies, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Metals USA Waggaman TCR series: 2017=3.1 · 2018=3.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Metals USA Waggaman falls in its industry

1,299 Structural assemblies, metal, establishments

Safer than 59% 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 #12 safest of 15 Structural assemblies, metal, employers in Louisiana.

Metals USA Waggaman (91 employees, TCR 3.1) 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 Waggaman
Metals USA Waggaman (91 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Metals USA Waggaman has more employees than the Structural assemblies, metal, merchant w 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
2018 3.1 3.1 3 0 0
2017 3.1 1.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · LA · Waggaman

1,299 Structural assemblies, metal, merchant wholesalers 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 National Material Processing LLC - Plant 2 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Three D Metals, Inc. Birmingham 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR LISA DUCA 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tubular Steel Rialto 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE S3 Pump Service, Inc. (Corporate Office) 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Performance Contractors, Inc. - Phillips 66 Westlake 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Beta Engineering, LLC 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE TSS at Westlake Chemicals (South) Westlake LA 91 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 Virtua Obstetrics & Gynecology - Medford 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Millwork Albany 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR New York 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR KCP&L - F&M Metering Services 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Clover Technologies Group, LLC - Ithaca Raycraft 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE AAF Flanders CSC 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Steel Erection 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Central Maine Medical Center 91 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.