Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · California

SA Recycling, South Gate

South Gate, CA · ~21 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

SA Recycling, South Gate runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

SA Recycling, South Gate: 1.4 TCR = 65% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SA Recycling, South Gate safety composite

SA Recycling, South Gate scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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, South Gate: 0.0 → 4.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 3× in 2024

SA Recycling, South Gate's TCR rose 4.3 from 0.0 in 2022 to 4.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 1.4 · 65% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #15/91
  • PHOTO PnP Portland South
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PnP Portland South (0.0 TCR gap)

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SA Recycling, South Gate in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SA Recycling, South Gate averages 1.4 TCR (65% 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, South Gate TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 2.2

Where SA Recycling, South Gate falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 84% 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 #15 safest of 91 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in California.

SA Recycling, South Gate (21 employees, TCR 1.4) 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, South Gate
SA Recycling, South Gate (21 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

SA Recycling, South Gate 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 4.3 4.3 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · CA · South Gate

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 75 employers in South Gate, 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 PnP Portland South 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fox Valley Iron Metal and Auto Salvage 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR OmniSource Second Pass 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR CMC Recycling Liberty 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Poso Ridge,LLC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fonseca & Fonseca, Inc. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE TELESIS ONION CO., INC. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mayflower Farms Inc 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ono-027 908 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Gate, CA - 5650 Southern 792 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3180 587 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3180 573 FTE
NAT-TCR Watco Manufacturing Company LLC 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Raleigh- Information Technology 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Amcor Rigid Packaging 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Fiber and Cable Specialists Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE W&P Ventures LLC dba PuroClean of Lafayette 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE 050 Quality Inn West Branch 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cresco Building Service Inc 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of North Bend - North Bend Police Department 21 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. 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.