Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · California

SA Recycling, Bakersfield

Bakersfield, CA · ~80 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SA Recycling, Bakersfield runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

SA Recycling, Bakersfield: 2.1 TCR = 96% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SA Recycling, Bakersfield safety composite

SA Recycling, Bakersfield scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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 2.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

SA Recycling, Bakersfield: 0.0 → 5.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.3 TCR · DART/TCR 2.15× in 2024

SA Recycling, Bakersfield's TCR rose 5.3 from 0.0 in 2017 to 5.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Bakersfield, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.1 · 96% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK #26/91
  • PHOTO Pensacola, FL - Adva…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~80 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pensacola, FL - Advanced Technology Recycling (0.0 TCR gap)

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SA Recycling, Bakersfield in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SA Recycling, Bakersfield averages 2.1 TCR (96% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

SA Recycling, Bakersfield TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=1 · 2019=2.7 · 2020=4.7 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 2.2

Where SA Recycling, Bakersfield falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 73% 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 #26 safest of 91 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in California.

SA Recycling, Bakersfield (80 employees, TCR 2.1) 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 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate SA Recycling, Bakersfield
SA Recycling, Bakersfield (80 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

SA Recycling, Bakersfield has more employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale median and a lower 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
2024 5.3 4.6 7 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.7 0.0 1 0 0
2021 2.4 2.4 3 0 0
2020 4.7 3.8 5 0 0
2019 2.7 1.8 3 0 0
2018 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · CA · Bakersfield

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 818 employers in Bakersfield, 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 Pensacola, FL - Advanced Technology Recycling 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3146 Knoxville Recycle 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mays Landing 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cronimet Corporation Aliquippa 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE JJJ HARVESTING 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE T&A - Huron - Farm 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pacifc International Marketing 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wilgenburg Greenhouses 80 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA Bakersfield 4,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA-04 4,525 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BFL1 4,113 FTE
CITY-NEAR Esparza Enterprises, Inc 3,267 FTE
NAT-TCR Niagara Bottling, LLC - Allentown 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Oakbrook Health and Rehabilitation 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Adams Elementary School 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Southern Heights Dental 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE MediLodge of Munising 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Storm Lake Turkey Farms 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Police Department 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Hat Co 80 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.