Bars, steel, made in iron and steel mills · Illinois
Alton Steel
Alton, IL · ~246 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Alton Steel runs at 114% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bars, steel, made in iron and steel mills workplace, earning a grade C.
Alton Steel: 3.8 TCR = 114% of Bars, steel, made in iron and steel mills BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Alton Steel safety composite
Alton Steel scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).
34/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.77 per 100 workers
Safer than 37% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
−1.0
2016→2024
Alton Steel injury rate improved
Alton Steel's TCR fell 1.0 from 5.1 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=5.1 · 2018=4.0 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=4.4 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=4.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331110 · Alton, IL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 114% of ind
- DART 3.3 DART
- RANK #19/28
- PHOTO Gerdau Ameristeel US…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 63 inj
- SIZE ~246 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc. - St. Paul Mill (0.0 TCR gap)
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Alton Steel in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Alton Steel
3.8 TCR
- CSS McMinnvill
CSS McMinnville
3.8 TCR
- Gerdau Amerist
Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc. - St. Paul Mill
3.7 TCR
- Sterling Steel
Sterling Steel Company, LLC
3.7 TCR
- Herman Grant C
Herman Grant Company
3.7 TCR
What this shows Alton Steel averages 3.8 TCR (114% of the Bars, steel, made in iron and steel mills BLS benchmark).
Alton Steel TCR series: 2016=5.1 · 2018=4 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=4.4 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=4 · BLS 3.3
Where Alton Steel falls in its industry
416 Bars, steel, made in iron and establishmentsSafer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 28 Bars, steel, made in iron and employers in Illinois.
Alton Steel has more employees than the Bars, steel, made in iron and steel mill median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331110 · IL · Alton
416 Bars, steel, made in iron and steel mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 75 employers in Alton, 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 | Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc. - St. Paul Mill | 3.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sterling Steel Company, LLC | 3.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CSS McMinnville | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Herman Grant Company | 3.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Distribution Dispatch Center | 246 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | RG Construction Services, Inc. | 246 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cheese Merchants of America | 246 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FGS Precise LLC | 246 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Challenge Unlimited | 921 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Alton Community Unit School District No. 11 | 845 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Alton Memorial Hospital | 762 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Saint Anthony's Health Center | 547 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Imperial Stone Corp | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Townsend IGA 1557 | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Farm and Fleet of Cedar Falls | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions, Inc. - Memphis | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Lopez Health Systems, Inc.- Main Office | 246 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 0215 - St Cloud Crossroads | 246 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Marshall - GSMC 157 | 246 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | DWK Life Sciences, LLC - Rockwood, TN | 246 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.