Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Berlinsky Scrap Corp.

Joliet, IL · ~20 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Berlinsky Scrap Corp. runs at 245% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Berlinsky Scrap Corp.: 5.4 TCR = 245% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Berlinsky Scrap Corp. safety composite

Berlinsky Scrap Corp. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

Berlinsky Scrap Corp.: 4.2 → 11.9 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 11.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2021

Berlinsky Scrap Corp.'s TCR rose 7.7 from 4.2 in 2016 to 11.9 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 5.4 · 245% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #47/62
  • PHOTO Metal Management Mid…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Metal Management Midwest, Artesian (0.0 TCR gap)

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Berlinsky Scrap Corp. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Berlinsky Scrap Corp. averages 5.4 TCR (245% 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

Berlinsky Scrap Corp. TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2020=0 · 2021=11.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Berlinsky Scrap Corp. falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 35% 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 #47 safest of 62 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Illinois.

Berlinsky Scrap Corp. (20 employees, TCR 5.4) 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 Berlinsky Scrap Corp.
Berlinsky Scrap Corp. (20 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Berlinsky Scrap Corp. has fewer employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale median and a higher 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
2021 11.9 0.0 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IL · Joliet

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 281 employers in Joliet, 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 Metal Management Midwest, Artesian 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR AIM Recycling Cleveland, LLC 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR D&W Salvage, Inc. 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR eGreen Recycling Management 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE East Ridge 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bay Creek 4 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Deer Run 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand View Farms, LLC. 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR County Of Will 2,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : MDW2 2,361 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - MDW2 2,101 FTE
CITY-NEAR Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center, Joliet 2,089 FTE
NAT-TCR Catalina Finer Food Corp 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR OSI Group 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Wild By Nature Co., Inc. 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Flight Division - 1790 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hampton Inn & Suites Tech Park 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Setas de Puerto Rico 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Virgie Save-A-Lot 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Salyersville Save-A-Lot 20 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, 2020, 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.