Metals service centers · Illinois

A. J. Oster

Carol Stream, IL · ~70 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

A. J. Oster runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade C.

A. J. Oster: 1.8 TCR = 84% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

A. J. Oster safety composite

A. J. Oster scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% 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).

C

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−2.9

2016→2018

A. J. Oster injury rate improved

A. J. Oster's TCR fell 2.9 from 2.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.9 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Carol Stream, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 1.8 · 84% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #16/107
  • PHOTO Earle M Jorgensen Co
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Earle M Jorgensen Co (0.0 TCR gap)

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A. J. Oster in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows A. J. Oster averages 1.8 TCR (84% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

A. J. Oster TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=0 · BLS 2.2

Where A. J. Oster falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 107 Metals service centers employers in Illinois.

A. J. Oster (70 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate A. J. Oster
A. J. Oster (70 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

A. J. Oster has more employees than the Metals service centers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.7 1.3 2 0 0
2016 2.9 2.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IL · Carol Stream

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 170 employers in Carol Stream, IL · 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 Earle M Jorgensen Co 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metals USA Plates and Shapes 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bralco Metals 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ryerson Houston 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2510-Waterman, IL-R&D (Monsanto Co.) 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stewart Spreading Inc 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Duck Creek Power Station 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cahokia IL 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group 2,151 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Litho, Inc. 1,657 FTE
CITY-NEAR 161275-CAROL STREAM IL P&DC 960 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hearthside Foods - Carol Stream 853 FTE
NAT-TCR Shopko Hometown #789 (Waupaca, WI) 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hydro Resources, West Winnemucca 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Harbor Department 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Graham 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Shopko Store #40 (Sioux City, IA) 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Solenis Franklin VA 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE BCI Tennessee Division 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hydro - The Dalles Cast 70 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.