Industry profile · NAICS 331491

Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants

Workplace injury rates across 114 OSHA-reporting establishments in this industry, 2016–2024. Average TCR uses the 113 establishments with a credible rate.

114
Employers
4.1
Avg TCR (rated)
3.3
BLS benchmark
1,869
Injuries (all)

TCR, interpreted

Above average

4.1 avg TCR

The industry picture

According to OSHA ITA filings (2016–2024), Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants ranks #323 of 540 industries with at least 100 rated employers by average Total Case Rate (higher TCR = more injuries per 100 workers). The 113 rated employers in Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants average 4.1 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 1.2 times the BLS national benchmark of 3.3.

#323 of 540
corpus TCR rank · ≥100 rated
4.1
avg TCR · rated subset
3.3
BLS national benchmark
113
rated employers

ITA inventory (114) and injury totals cover every reporting establishment; the average TCR is the rated subset only. Corpus rank matches /rankings/most-dangerous-industries (≥100 rated employers). BLS IIF is a separate survey population, see Methodology → Three Populations.

Where Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants sits nationally on injury rate

Average Total Case Rate, industries with ≥100 rated employers

4 Lower than most lower TCR than 60% of 540 industries

Industries, banded by average TCR

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Source OSHA Injury Tracking Application (2016–2024) · 2026-08-25

Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants injury rate, 2016–2024

Industry-average TCR has held steady across this span (2.5 → 2.5) · NAICS 331491

22.533.5 201620172018201920202021202220232024 2.55
OSHA ITA employer_yearly, 2016-2024 · establishments with >=200,000 hours worked and a credible TCR each year (21 in the latest year shown)

What Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants Safety Data Reveals

According to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application (2016–2024), Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants ranks #323 of 540 industries with at least 100 rated establishments by rated-subset average Total Case Rate (same basis as the most-dangerous-industries ranking; higher TCR means more injuries). The Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants sector (NAICS 331491) encompasses 114 distinct employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Across this cohort, workers have logged 1,869 recordable injuries during the 2016–2024 reporting window. The industry-weighted average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 4.1 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year is computed on the 113 establishments with a credible rate (see methodology). Because OSHA's ITA mandates submission from establishments with 250+ employees plus all high-hazard industries at 20+ employees, this dataset represents a structural slice of U.S. workplace risk rather than a voluntary sample.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a separate national benchmark TCR of 3.3 for this NAICS code, derived from the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Comparing the two, the ITA-reported rate of 4.1 is higher than the BLS benchmark, a gap that typically widens when the industry contains many large, high-exposure establishments required to file ITA reports. Employers in the table below are sorted so you can see how far individual establishments deviate from both the industry average and the national benchmark.

The practical value of industry-level safety data is threefold. First, jobseekers can gauge whether a prospective employer is better or worse than its industry peers, not just absolute injury counts, which tilt toward larger payrolls. Second, insurers and workers' compensation carriers use sector TCR as a baseline for experience-modification adjustments. Third, safety professionals benchmark their own programs against the cohort median. Use the grade-sorted employer list below to identify specific establishments within Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants that outperform or underperform the sector average, and click through to each record for year-by-year injury, illness, and fatality breakdowns.

Employers in this industry, by injury rate

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EmployerLocationGradeAvg TCR
Johnson Matthey San JoseSan Jose, CAC3.4
Huntington Alloys-Burnaugh LocationBurnaugh, KYC3.3
Materion - WheatfieldWheatfield, NYC3.3
USMeSpringfield, ILC3.2
Specialty Metals PlantBlairsville, PAC3.1
Goldman Titanium, Inc.Buffalo, NYC3.1
Jamestown North AmericaHouston, TXC3.1
VDM Metals USA, LLCFlorham Park, NJC3.1
Haynes InternationalKokomo, INC3.1
CMDElk Grove Village, ILC3.0
Magnesium Elektron North America IncMadison, ILC2.9
Johnson Matthey-Efficient Natural ResourcesWest Chester, PAC2.8
Kester-ItascaItasca, ILC2.8
Niles, OHNiles, OHC2.8
Befesa Zinc MetalMooresboro, NCC2.7
Exide TechnologiesKansas City, MOC2.7
Materion - Albuquerque (North)Albuquerque, NMC2.7
BPDUtica, NYB2.6
Materion Newton IncNewton, MAB2.5
2967-PA94Lancaster, PAB2.5
Howmet Aerospace - Niles OperationsNiles, OHB2.5
Alpha Assembly SolutionsAltoona, PAB2.5
RMDRome, NYB2.4
Stryten KCMO LLCKansas City, MOB2.4
Metallic Resources, Inc. HQTwinsburg, OHB2.4
Special Metals New HartfordNew Hartford, NYB2.4
Huntington AlloysHuntington, WVB2.3
Materion - Albuquerque NorthAlbuquerque, NMB2.3
Special Metals Welding Production CompanyNewton, NCB2.3
Sabel Steel ScrapMontgomery, ALB2.2
Elmet Technologies Euclid LLCEuclid, OHB2.2
Jarden Zinc ProductsGreeneville, TNB2.2
Altoona - Alpha Assembly SolutionsAltoona, PAB2.1
Mayco Industries - Birmingham Main FacilityBirmingham, ALB2.1
RTI Extrusions Inc7600 South Santa Fe, Bldg C, TXB2.0
Howmet Aerospace - Niles OperastionsNiles, OHB1.9
PEP : DYN - ClearwaterClearwater, FLB1.9
PEP : DYN - WashingtonWashington, PAB1.8
Special Metals Welding ProductsNewton, NCB1.7
Western ZirconiumOgden, UTA1.6
PEP : DYN - ClearwaterLargo, FLA1.5
Lucas MilhauptCudahy, WIA1.5
Lucas Milhaupt MilwaukeeCudahy, WIA1.4
Haynes International Arcadia Tubular facilityArcadia, LAA1.3
Lake Region Medical, Inc.Salem, VAA1.1
Materion - BuffaloBuffalo, NYA1.1
EulcidEuclid, OHA1.1
Optical Cable Corporation RoanokeRoanoke, VAA1.1
Memry Corporation #3Bethel, CTA1.1
ATI Huntsville OperationsHuntsville, ALA1.1
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Nationwide industries with similar injury rates or employer scale

Two PlainSafetyScore-derived peer sets for Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants: nearest NAICS cohorts by rated-subset average TCR and by OSHA-reporting employer inventory. These are cross-industry neighborhoods, not the employer list above.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average injury rate (TCR) in Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants?

Across 113 OSHA-reporting establishments with a credible rate, Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants averages 4.1 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers per year (Total Case Rate, 2016-2024). The BLS national benchmark for this NAICS code is 3.3.

How does Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants compare with other industries nationally?

Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants ranks #323 of 540 industries with at least 100 rated employers by average TCR (highest TCR = #1, most dangerous). That places it above 60% of ranked industries by injury rate.

How many employers report in Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants?

114 establishments report to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application under this NAICS code, of which 113 have a credible enough filing history to carry a rated average TCR.

Data sourced from official public datasets, PlainSafetyScore's OSHA ITA / BLS-based industry database (2016-2024). Retrieved and formatted by PlainSafetyScore. See our methodology for details.

Working in Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants?

This sector averages 4.1 against a BLS benchmark of 3.3 - but individual employers span the full A-to-F range.

Sector figures use the credible-subset mean across reporting employers; a benchmark is not any single establishment's measured rate.

Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.

Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants Safety FAQ

What is the average injury rate (TCR) in Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants?

Across 113 OSHA-reporting establishments with a credible rate, Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants averages 4.1 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers per year (Total Case Rate, 2016-2024). The BLS national benchmark for this NAICS code is 3.3.

How does Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants compare with other industries nationally?

Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants ranks #323 of 540 industries with at least 100 rated employers by average TCR (highest TCR = #1, most dangerous). That places it above 60% of ranked industries by injury rate.

How many employers report in Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants?

114 establishments report to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application under this NAICS code, of which 113 have a credible enough filing history to carry a rated average TCR.