Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · California

Star Scrap Metal Co.

Montebello, CA · ~41 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Star Scrap Metal Co. runs at 343% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Star Scrap Metal Co.: 7.5 TCR = 343% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Star Scrap Metal Co. safety composite

Star Scrap Metal Co. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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

−6.7

2017→2020

Star Scrap Metal Co. injury rate improved

Star Scrap Metal Co.'s TCR fell 6.7 from 9.2 in 2017 to 2.5 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.2 · 2018=8.4 · 2019=10.0 · 2020=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Montebello, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.5 · 343% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #72/91
  • PHOTO PnP Tallahassee
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PnP Tallahassee (0.0 TCR gap)

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Star Scrap Metal Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Star Scrap Metal Co. averages 7.5 TCR (343% 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

Star Scrap Metal Co. TCR series: 2017=9.2 · 2018=8.4 · 2019=10 · 2020=2.5 · BLS 2.2

Where Star Scrap Metal Co. falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 21% 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 #72 safest of 91 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in California.

Star Scrap Metal Co. (41 employees, TCR 7.5) 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 Star Scrap Metal Co.
Star Scrap Metal Co. (41 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Star Scrap Metal Co. has more employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale median and a higher 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
2020 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2019 10.0 10.0 4 0 0
2018 8.4 2.8 3 0 0
2017 9.2 6.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · CA · Montebello

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 86 employers in Montebello, 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 Tallahassee 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aim Recycling Colton 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR LaGrange 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR FPT - Miami 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE CAL-O ORGANIC FARMING ADMINISTRATION 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sun Pacific Farming | Citrus Farming | Lindsay 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sun Pacific Farming | Citrus Farming | IEW Enterprise 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE George Jackson Farms, Inc. 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR Beverly Hospital 878 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Montebello 513 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rio Hondo Subacute and Nursing Center 489 FTE
CITY-NEAR MONTEBELLO CA PLANT 344 FTE
NAT-TCR Harrisburg Distribution Center - ABARTA Coca Cola Beverages 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Area - Clinton 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Webb Concrete & Building Materials, Inc. Pell City 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 1102 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE NBA 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE DCF 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE LV 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Main 41 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: 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.