Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers · California

San Diego North

N. San Diego, CA · ~19 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

San Diego North runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

San Diego North: 2.0 TCR = 93% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

San Diego North safety composite

San Diego North scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

San Diego North: 0.0 → 5.9 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 5.9 TCR · DART/TCR 2.87× in 2023

San Diego North's TCR rose 5.9 from 0.0 in 2017 to 5.9 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 2.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · N. San Diego, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.0 · 93% of ind

  • DART 5.9 DART
  • RANK #25/91
  • PHOTO Mid City Scrap Iron …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mid City Scrap Iron and Salvage Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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San Diego North in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows San Diego North averages 2.0 TCR (93% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

San Diego North TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=0 · 2023=5.9 · BLS 2.2

Where San Diego North falls in its industry

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl establishments

Safer than 74% 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 #25 safest of 91 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in California.

San Diego North (19 employees, TCR 2.0) 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 San Diego North
San Diego North (19 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

San Diego North has fewer employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal 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
2023 5.9 5.9 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.3 4.3 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · CA · N. San Diego

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Mid City Scrap Iron and Salvage Co., Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR MANITOBA CORP 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Recommunity Cape May 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Colorado Iron & Metal, Inc. 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE A. OSEGUERA CO., INC. 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE TEIXEIRA FARMS INC 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Golden R, Inc. 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE PEDRAZZI FARMS 19 FTE
NAT-TCR Gregory Poole Equipment Company- Blue Ridge Road 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1850 Huntsville, AL 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Mary Anna Nursing Home 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 50082 - Capstone Unfi Prescott 2.0 TCR

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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.