Zinc dust reclaiming · Illinois

American Zinc Recycling - Calumet

Chicago, IL · ~64 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

American Zinc Recycling - Calumet runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Zinc dust reclaiming workplace, earning a grade B.

American Zinc Recycling - Calumet: 2.2 TCR = 66% of Zinc dust reclaiming BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American Zinc Recycling - Calumet safety composite

American Zinc Recycling - Calumet scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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

−2.4

2018→2021

American Zinc Recycling - Calumet injury rate improved

American Zinc Recycling - Calumet's TCR fell 2.4 from 3.8 in 2018 to 1.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.8 · 2019=1.3 · 2021=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331492 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 66% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #4/10
  • PHOTO Harrison Avenue Faci…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Harrison Avenue Facility (0.0 TCR gap)

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American Zinc Recycling - Calumet in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows American Zinc Recycling - Calumet averages 2.2 TCR (66% of the Zinc dust reclaiming BLS benchmark).

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

American Zinc Recycling - Calumet TCR series: 2018=3.8 · 2019=1.3 · 2021=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where American Zinc Recycling - Calumet falls in its industry

132 Zinc dust reclaiming establishments

Safer than 70% 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 #4 safest of 10 Zinc dust reclaiming employers in Illinois.

American Zinc Recycling - Calumet (64 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate American Zinc Recycling - Calumet
American Zinc Recycling - Calumet (64 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.7

American Zinc Recycling - Calumet has fewer employees than the Zinc dust reclaiming 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
2021 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2019 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2018 3.8 3.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331492 · IL · Chicago

132 Zinc dust reclaiming 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 Harrison Avenue Facility 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Zinc Houston Dust 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greenville Metals inc 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Zinc Recycling Corp - Palmerton 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Central Sod 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Sod Farms, Inc 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nashville 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alliance Contractors Inc 64 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 Kraemer North America - All Other WI 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Muncie Power Products - Headquarters 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Pascap Co. Inc 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sewell Buick GMC 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Masco Coatings Group Roanoke Distribution 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Americold Gainesville, GA 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Robin A. Crawford & Son Woods 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Forest Hills Commens 64 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: 2021, 2019, 2018. 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.