Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors · California

Recon Refractory & Construction, Inc.

Los Alamitos, CA · ~129 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Recon Refractory & Construction, Inc. runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Recon Refractory & Construction, Inc.: 0.5 TCR = 18% of Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Recon Refractory & Construction, Inc. safety composite

Recon Refractory & Construction, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).

B

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−0.6

2017→2024

Recon Refractory & Construction, Inc. injury rate improved

Recon Refractory & Construction, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.6 from 0.6 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.6 · 2018=0.6 · 2019=1.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · Los Alamitos, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 18% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/96
  • PHOTO Lico Steel, Inc.
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~129 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lico Steel, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Recon Refractory & Construction, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Recon Refractory & Construction, Inc. averages 0.5 TCR (18% of the Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Recon Refractory & Construction, Inc. TCR series: 2017=0.6 · 2018=0.6 · 2019=1 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Recon Refractory & Construction, Inc. falls in its industry

705 Structural steel erecting or i establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 96 Structural steel erecting or i employers in California.

Recon Refractory & Construction, Inc. (129 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Recon Refractory & Construction, Inc.
Recon Refractory & Construction, Inc. (129 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Recon Refractory & Construction, Inc. has more employees than the Structural steel erecting or iron work c median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 0.7 0.0 1 1 0
2022 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.0 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.6 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · CA · Los Alamitos

705 Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 40 employers in Los Alamitos, 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 Lico Steel, Inc. 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SSI Inc. Fort Smith 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Capra Group Montana 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Peterson Beckner Industries 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE MIGUEL OLIVARES & SONS 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE SUPERIOR AG. 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Manco Ag Services 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE LADWP 11791 TRUESDALE 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 152 2,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4701-169 1,155 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arrowhead Products 780 FTE
CITY-NEAR Epson America 586 FTE
NAT-TCR Momence Pallet Corporation 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Gilbane Building Company Orlando 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Concare Inc 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Hydro East 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Jonesboro Coca-Cola 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Luther Family Ford 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roseville Area Middle School 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goodhue County Education District 129 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, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.