Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Brookfield Iron & Metal LLC

Chicago Heights, IL · ~64 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Brookfield Iron & Metal LLC runs at 275% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Brookfield Iron & Metal LLC: 6.0 TCR = 275% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Brookfield Iron & Metal LLC safety composite

Brookfield Iron & Metal LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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

−5.7

2017→2023

Brookfield Iron & Metal LLC injury rate improved

Brookfield Iron & Metal LLC's TCR fell 5.7 from 8.9 in 2017 to 3.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 12.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.9 · 2018=9.1 · 2019=12.1 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 6.0 · 275% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #49/62
  • PHOTO 3118 Chattanooga Rec…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 3118 Chattanooga Recycle (0.0 TCR gap)

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Brookfield Iron & Metal LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Brookfield Iron & Metal LLC averages 6.0 TCR (275% 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

Brookfield Iron & Metal LLC TCR series: 2017=8.9 · 2018=9.1 · 2019=12.1 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=3.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Brookfield Iron & Metal LLC falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 31% 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 #49 safest of 62 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Illinois.

Brookfield Iron & Metal LLC (64 employees, TCR 6.0) 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 Brookfield Iron & Metal LLC
Brookfield Iron & Metal LLC (64 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Brookfield Iron & Metal LLC has more 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
2023 3.2 1.6 2 0 0
2022 1.7 0.0 1 0 0
2021 1.3 0.0 1 0 0
2019 12.1 1.5 8 0 0
2018 9.1 7.2 5 0 0
2017 8.9 2.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IL · Chicago Heights

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 82 employers in Chicago Heights, 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 3118 Chattanooga Recycle 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fritz Enterprises Taylor 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Palm Beach Metal, Inc. 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Consolidated Resources, Inc. 6.1 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 309 CHICAGO 1,341 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHICAGO STMP 1,226 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6284-YR-309 RX 827 FTE
CITY-NEAR CGT 581 FTE
NAT-TCR 4223-M0500 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Carrington Health Center 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Stoney Hollow Tire 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kalco Machine & Mfg. Co. 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Transport Service 60008 Geismar 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kentucky Hatchery (CV) 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Division 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carthage Senior Care 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.