Metals service centers · California

Ryerson- Los Angeles

Vernon, CA · ~94 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ryerson- Los Angeles runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade B.

Ryerson- Los Angeles: 1.4 TCR = 65% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ryerson- Los Angeles safety composite

Ryerson- Los Angeles scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Ryerson- Los Angeles: 1.1 → 2.1 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 2.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.74× in 2018

Ryerson- Los Angeles's TCR rose 1.0 from 1.1 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Vernon, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.4 · 65% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #8/91
  • PHOTO Earle M. Jorgensen
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~94 FTE

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

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Ryerson- Los Angeles in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ryerson- Los Angeles averages 1.4 TCR (65% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

Ryerson- Los Angeles TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=2.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Ryerson- Los Angeles falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 86% 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 #8 safest of 91 Metals service centers employers in California.

Ryerson- Los Angeles (94 employees, TCR 1.4) 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 Ryerson- Los Angeles
Ryerson- Los Angeles (94 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Ryerson- Los Angeles 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
2018 2.1 1.1 2 0 0
2017 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2016 1.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · CA · Vernon

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 146 employers in Vernon, 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 Earle M. Jorgensen 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Liebovich Steel and Alunimum 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fox Metals and Alloys, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Leeco Steel - Fort Worth 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE MORALES FARM LABOR SERVICE 94 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fondomonte CA - Blythe Farm 94 FTE
STATE-SIZE Robinson Enterprises, Inc 94 FTE
STATE-SIZE Javier Martinez Contracting 94 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield Foods, Inc. - Vernon, CA 1,633 FTE
CITY-NEAR GRANDE VISTA (CAGVS) 1,333 FTE
CITY-NEAR CAGVS - GRANDE VISTA 1,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield Foods - Vernon 984 FTE
NAT-TCR CentralPark 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR DSL_JACKSONVILLE_8001_FL 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Carroll House Inc 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Cook Inlet Tug & Barge 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cei Dallas Tecta America Company 94 FTE
NAT-SIZE Newport- Paper - B352 94 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6400-Swy 0024 0077 94 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6400-Swy 0024 0024 94 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, 2016. 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.