Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers · California

Sims Metal Management - Redwood City, CA

Redwood City, CA · ~62 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sims Metal Management - Redwood City, CA runs at 27% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

Sims Metal Management - Redwood City, CA: 0.6 TCR = 27% of Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sims Metal Management - Redwood City, CA safety composite

Sims Metal Management - Redwood City, CA scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−1.4

2019→2024

Sims Metal Management - Redwood City, CA injury rate improved

Sims Metal Management - Redwood City, CA's TCR fell 1.4 from 1.4 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.4 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 27% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/91
  • PHOTO Pratt Recycling, Inc…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pratt Recycling, Inc. - Atlanta (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sims Metal Management - Redwood City, CA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sims Metal Management - Redwood City, CA averages 0.6 TCR (27% of the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Sims Metal Management - Redwood City, CA TCR series: 2019=1.4 · 2020=0 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Sims Metal Management - Redwood City, CA falls in its industry

1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automot establishments

Safer than 97% 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 #2 safest of 91 Scrap materials (e.g., automot employers in California.

Sims Metal Management - Redwood City, CA (62 employees, TCR 0.6) 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 Sims Metal Management - Redwood City, CA
Sims Metal Management - Redwood City, CA (62 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Sims Metal Management - Redwood City, CA has more employees than the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, indus 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2022 0.9 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.4 1.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · CA · Redwood City

1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 116 employers in Redwood City, 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 Pratt Recycling, Inc. - Atlanta 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sims Limited Paulina 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Columbus (SSE) 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SMM Group SMR Palm Beach 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Zipper Farms, Inc. 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Crain Marketing, Inc. 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maricopa Orchards, LLC 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE WESTLAND ORCHIDS 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 141 2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR Guardant Health 1,513 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2032-02120851 1,471 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0206-02620851 1,382 FTE
NAT-TCR Ardmore Bldg C (Tech Center) 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ardmore Bldg B 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mel Clark Inc. 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Marlboro 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Waskom TX Wheelshop 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE MKS Warehouse 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wahpeton Clinic 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Washworld, Inc 62 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, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.