Paper, scrap, merchant wholesalers · California

Potential

Wilmington, CA · ~177 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Potential runs at 509% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Paper, scrap, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Potential: 11.2 TCR = 509% of Paper, scrap, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Potential safety composite

Potential scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−6.9

2017→2022

Potential injury rate improved

Potential's TCR fell 6.9 from 18.9 in 2017 to 11.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 18.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=18.9 · 2018=8.8 · 2019=6.6 · 2020=9.1 · 2021=11.9 · 2022=11.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Wilmington, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 11.2 · 509% of ind

  • DART 6.8 DART
  • RANK #84/91
  • PHOTO PNW Metal Recycling …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 138 inj
  • SIZE ~177 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PNW Metal Recycling dba Rivergate Scrap Metals INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Potential in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Potential averages 11.2 TCR (509% of the Paper, scrap, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Potential TCR series: 2017=18.9 · 2018=8.8 · 2019=6.6 · 2020=9.1 · 2021=11.9 · 2022=11.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Potential falls in its industry

1,126 Paper, scrap, merchant wholesa establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #84 safest of 91 Paper, scrap, merchant wholesa employers in California.

Potential (177 employees, TCR 11.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 050100150200 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Potential
Potential (177 employees, TCR 11.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Potential has more employees than the Paper, scrap, merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 11.9 6.8 23 0 0
2021 11.9 7.3 22 1 0
2020 9.1 8.7 21 0 0
2019 6.6 6.6 14 0 0
2018 8.8 8.8 15 1 0
2017 18.9 9.2 43 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · CA · Wilmington

1,126 Paper, scrap, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 58 employers in Wilmington, 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 PNW Metal Recycling dba Rivergate Scrap Metals INC. 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alter Metal Recycling - Behr Iron South Beloit - Fe Operations 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR PADNOS Turner Division 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metal Source, LLC (GHR09) 11.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE The Almond Company LP 177 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1 177 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Water District 177 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alvarado Water Treatment Plant 177 FTE
CITY-NEAR TraPac, LLC 644 FTE
CITY-NEAR Phillips 66 Los Angeles 600 FTE
CITY-NEAR Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington 420 FTE
CITY-NEAR Valero Wilmington Refinery 389 FTE
NAT-TCR Highland Ridge Rehab Center 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 0349 - Lenexa Ks Whse 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Bed Bath and Beyond Salt Lake City 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 071944-Cortez Po 11.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Chicago Public Schools Ifm 3 177 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4795-AA-RNO-RENO-RNO-TRML 177 FTE
NAT-SIZE USM Store #509 177 FTE
NAT-SIZE RMR Driver Services - Pharr 177 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, 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.