Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · California

SA Recycling Los Angeles, Downtown

E. Los Angeles, CA · ~38 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SA Recycling Los Angeles, Downtown runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

SA Recycling Los Angeles, Downtown: 1.1 TCR = 49% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SA Recycling Los Angeles, Downtown safety composite

SA Recycling Los Angeles, Downtown scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

−2.3

2017→2024

SA Recycling Los Angeles, Downtown injury rate improved

SA Recycling Los Angeles, Downtown's TCR fell 2.3 from 4.4 in 2017 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.4 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · E. Los Angeles, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 49% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #10/91
  • PHOTO SA Recycling Phoenix…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SA Recycling Phoenix, 35th Ave. (0.0 TCR gap)

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SA Recycling Los Angeles, Downtown in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SA Recycling Los Angeles, Downtown averages 1.1 TCR (49% 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 Los Angeles, Downtown TCR series: 2017=4.4 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 2.2

Where SA Recycling Los Angeles, Downtown falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 91% 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 #10 safest of 91 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in California.

SA Recycling Los Angeles, Downtown (38 employees, TCR 1.1) 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 Los Angeles, Downtown
SA Recycling Los Angeles, Downtown (38 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

SA Recycling Los Angeles, Downtown has fewer 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 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 4.4 4.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · CA · E. Los Angeles

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 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 SA Recycling Phoenix, 35th Ave. 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5515 Clinton Dr., Houston, TX 77020 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR LaVergne TN - LV 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Interco Trading Company 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE CAL-O SHIPPING 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE GAR & S Farm Labor Services, Inc. 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Supreme Almonds of California, Inc. 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bays Ranch Inc 38 FTE
NAT-TCR Hanahan High School 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Pella Corporation 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Benton County - Government Center 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Mikro Systems, Inc. 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sedalia Freezer 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE RDC 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Buckeye Exterminating Inc. 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holton Family Health Clinic 38 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.