Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant wholesalers · Colorado

UPAP-Aurora

Aurora, CO · ~25 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

UPAP-Aurora runs at 297% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

UPAP-Aurora: 6.5 TCR = 297% of Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

UPAP-Aurora safety composite

UPAP-Aurora scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

UPAP-Aurora: 4.7 → 7.3 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 7.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.56× in 2018

UPAP-Aurora's TCR rose 2.6 from 4.7 in 2016 to 7.3 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.5 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423140 · Aurora, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.5 · 297% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #4/7
  • PHOTO 1371 LKQ Advanced
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1371 LKQ Advanced (0.0 TCR gap)

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UPAP-Aurora in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows UPAP-Aurora averages 6.5 TCR (297% of the Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

UPAP-Aurora TCR series: 2016=4.7 · 2017=7.5 · 2018=7.3 · BLS 2.2

Where UPAP-Aurora falls in its industry

235 Motor vehicle parts, used, mer establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 7 Motor vehicle parts, used, mer employers in Colorado.

UPAP-Aurora (25 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.9 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 050100150200 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate UPAP-Aurora
UPAP-Aurora (25 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.9

UPAP-Aurora has fewer employees than the Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant whol median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.9. 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
2018 7.3 3.7 2 0 0
2017 7.5 3.8 2 0 0
2016 4.7 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423140 · CO · Aurora

235 Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 497 employers in Aurora, CO · 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 1371 LKQ Advanced 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1750/3249 Keystone Topeka 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bessler Auto Parts 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chuck's Auto Salvage 6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Q Ranch, LLC 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE NGL WATER SOLUTIONS, LLC-C6 PLATTEVILLE 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Subterranean Boring Inc 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Colorado Energy Nations Co., LLC 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's Hospital Colorado 6,663 FTE
CITY-NEAR Raytheon_Aurora_CO 2,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR Primoris Renewable Energy 1,695 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - DEN5 1,601 FTE
NAT-TCR Open Systems Healthcare - Scranton 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Pence Kelly Concrete 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Metcon Ltd 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Shopko Store #64 (Nampa, ID) 6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Residence Inn 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ashtabula 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Minco Wind Energy 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hamburg Plant 25 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.