Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · California

Universal Service Recycling Inc

Stockton, CA · ~52 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Universal Service Recycling Inc runs at 208% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Universal Service Recycling Inc: 4.6 TCR = 208% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Universal Service Recycling Inc safety composite

Universal Service Recycling Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

Universal Service Recycling Inc: 0.0 → 7.7 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 7.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.01× in 2022

Universal Service Recycling Inc's TCR rose 7.7 from 0.0 in 2017 to 7.7 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 4.6 · 208% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK #58/91
  • PHOTO MANITOBA CORPORATION
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MANITOBA CORPORATION (0.0 TCR gap)

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Universal Service Recycling Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Universal Service Recycling Inc averages 4.6 TCR (208% 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

Universal Service Recycling Inc TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=3.9 · 2019=6.7 · 2022=7.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Universal Service Recycling Inc falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 43% 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 #58 safest of 91 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in California.

Universal Service Recycling Inc (52 employees, TCR 4.6) 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 Universal Service Recycling Inc
Universal Service Recycling Inc (52 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Universal Service Recycling Inc 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
2022 7.7 4.6 5 0 0
2019 6.7 1.7 4 0 0
2018 3.9 1.9 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · CA · Stockton

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 605 employers in Stockton, 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 MANITOBA CORPORATION 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 400 W Marquette 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Regency Technologies - Brooksville 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR E & H Car Crushing Co., Inc. 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Phil Foster Ranch 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oceano Packing Company 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sun Pacific Farming | Citrus Farming | Ivanhoe 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brassfield Estate Vineyard 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR LaSalette Care and Rehabilitation Center 5,249 FTE
CITY-NEAR SCKCX0ABX SCK - ABX 4,573 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA-18 4,525 FTE
CITY-NEAR CDCR CA Health Care Facility 3,227 FTE
NAT-TCR Hedgewood Assisted Living 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Solid Waste 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 860 - Corsicana DC 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Birch Holdings of PA, LLC 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE City of Grosse Pointe Park - Public Safety 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG184 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Deburring House Inc. 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wadsworth Service 52 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: 2022, 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.