Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers · Illinois

All American Recycling - Chicago

Chicago, IL · ~35 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

All American Recycling - Chicago runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

All American Recycling - Chicago: 3.2 TCR = 146% of Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

All American Recycling - Chicago safety composite

All American Recycling - Chicago scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

All American Recycling - Chicago held a steady TCR band

All American Recycling - Chicago's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=0.0 · 2022=10.3 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.2 · 146% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #25/62
  • PHOTO Universal Recycling …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Universal Recycling Technologies - Burbank Ave (0.0 TCR gap)

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All American Recycling - Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows All American Recycling - Chicago averages 3.2 TCR (146% of the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

All American Recycling - Chicago TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=10.3 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where All American Recycling - Chicago falls in its industry

1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automot establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 62 Scrap materials (e.g., automot employers in Illinois.

All American Recycling - Chicago (35 employees, TCR 3.2) 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 All American Recycling - Chicago
All American Recycling - Chicago (35 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

All American Recycling - Chicago has fewer employees than the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, indus median and a lower 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.6 0.0 1 0 0
2022 10.3 7.7 4 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IL · Chicago

1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, 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 Universal Recycling Technologies - Burbank Ave 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fortune Metal Midwest 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trinity Metals - Kitley 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sims Atlanta 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dynegy Kendall Energy LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE M.J.M. Electric Cooperative, Inc. 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE South Beloit Office 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE DuPage Water Commission 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR Creative Foam - Fenway 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Rognlin's, Inc. 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR SLC Office 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Burlington Co Inst of Tech Wes 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Four Seasons Air Conditioning Inc 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE PromptCare Home Infusion of NY, LLC 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE COR Construction Services, Inc 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE PCC Chemax, Inc. 35 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.