Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Azcon Metals (Alton Yard)

Alton, IL · ~21 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Azcon Metals (Alton Yard) runs at 114% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Azcon Metals (Alton Yard): 2.5 TCR = 114% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Azcon Metals (Alton Yard) safety composite

Azcon Metals (Alton Yard) 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Azcon Metals (Alton Yard): 0.0 → 5.0 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 5.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2017

Azcon Metals (Alton Yard)'s TCR rose 5.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 5.0 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 2.5 · 114% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #17/62
  • PHOTO Gerdau Metals Recycl…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gerdau Metals Recycling - Roanoke (0.0 TCR gap)

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Azcon Metals (Alton Yard) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Azcon Metals (Alton Yard) averages 2.5 TCR (114% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Azcon Metals (Alton Yard) TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=5 · BLS 2.2

Where Azcon Metals (Alton Yard) falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 67% 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 #17 safest of 62 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Illinois.

Azcon Metals (Alton Yard) (21 employees, TCR 2.5) 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 Azcon Metals (Alton Yard)
Azcon Metals (Alton Yard) (21 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Azcon Metals (Alton Yard) has fewer employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale 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
2017 5.0 0.0 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IL · Alton

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers 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 Metals Recycling - Roanoke 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR OmniSource LLC - Toledo NF 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR PSC Metals, Inc. - Columbus-Parsons 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ERI Fresno, Suite 108 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Frank W. Lewis & Son Seed FArms, Inc 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE RAVENS LIVESTOCK & FARMS INC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bushnell 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE 21st Century Sow Farm 21 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 J.a.B & Co. Inc 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Contech GADST 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Central Supply - Lorentz Location 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Outerloop Building 5 (Kylse) 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4006 Mt. Aloysius College 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0774 - Albuquerque-Central, Nm 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0744 - Jasper, Al 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0725 - Easton, Pa 21 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: 2017, 2016. 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.