Nonferrous metals (except precious) merchant wholesalers · California

New Century Metal Solutions

Norwalk, CA · ~30 workers · 2 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

New Century Metal Solutions runs at 144% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Nonferrous metals (except precious) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

New Century Metal Solutions: 3.2 TCR = 144% of Nonferrous metals (except precious) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

New Century Metal Solutions safety composite

New Century Metal Solutions scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

−1.6

2021→2022

New Century Metal Solutions injury rate improved

New Century Metal Solutions's TCR fell 1.6 from 4.0 in 2021 to 2.4 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=4.0 · 2022=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 3.2 · 144% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #42/91
  • PHOTO River City Steel
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: River City Steel (0.0 TCR gap)

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New Century Metal Solutions in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows New Century Metal Solutions averages 3.2 TCR (144% of the Nonferrous metals (except precious) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

New Century Metal Solutions TCR series: 2021=4 · 2022=2.4 · BLS 2.2

Where New Century Metal Solutions falls in its industry

1,299 Nonferrous metals (except prec establishments

Safer than 58% 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 #42 safest of 91 Nonferrous metals (except prec employers in California.

New Century Metal Solutions (30 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 New Century Metal Solutions
New Century Metal Solutions (30 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

New Century Metal Solutions has fewer employees than the Nonferrous metals (except precious) merc 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
2022 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2021 4.0 4.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · CA · Norwalk

1,299 Nonferrous metals (except precious) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 67 employers in Norwalk, 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 River City Steel 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aluminum Line Products Company -Westlake 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Majestic Steel USA - BH 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR RN 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE BZNUR 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1780 San Juan Rd. 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charter Oaks 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenfields Turf, Inc. 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Metropolitan State Hospital 1,782 FTE
CITY-NEAR Department of State Hospitals 1,475 FTE
CITY-NEAR Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder County Clerk 1,302 FTE
CITY-NEAR MEC Manufacturing LLC Norwalk 1,255 FTE
NAT-TCR Food City Store #616 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Food City Store #655 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Cornerstone Painting Contractors Inc. HQ 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 305 - Knoxville West 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Covetrus-Elizabethtown 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE 41A District Court 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Max Coating, Inc. Atlanta 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Courtyard By Marriott 30 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: 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.