Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Illinois

CAI Custom Alloys Incorporated

Name: CAI Custom Alloys Incorporated Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Belvidere, IL · ~30 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

CAI Custom Alloys Incorporated runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

CAI Custom Alloys Incorporated: 2.8 TCR = 129% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CAI Custom Alloys Incorporated safety composite

CAI Custom Alloys Incorporated scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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).

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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%).

CAI Custom Alloys Incorporated held a steady TCR band

CAI Custom Alloys Incorporated's TCR held near 0.2 from 2.9 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.9 · 2018=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 2.8 · 129% of ind

DART 2.7 DART
RANK #21/62
PHOTO Franklin Metal Tradi…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Franklin Metal Trading Corp (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows CAI Custom Alloys Incorporated averages 2.8 TCR (129% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

CAI Custom Alloys Incorporated TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2018=2.7 · BLS 2.2

Where CAI Custom Alloys Incorporated falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 62 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Illinois.

CAI Custom Alloys Incorporated (30 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

CAI Custom Alloys Incorporated 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
2018	2.7	2.7	1	0	0
2016	2.9	2.9	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IL · Belvidere

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 74 employers in Belvidere, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Franklin Metal Trading Corp	LAKE ODESSA, MI	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PnP St. Louis	ST. LOUIS, MO	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PNW Metal Recycling dba RS Davis Clackamas	CLACKAMAS, OR	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Recleim OH LLC	LIMA, OH	2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Odell Fire	ODELL	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AMEREN ILLINOIS - Northern N - IL Common Ops	LINCOLN	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Chicago Loop Tech	CHICAGO	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Spoon River Electric Cooperative, Inc.	CANTON	30 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Belvidere Assembly Plant	Belvidere	3,525 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Magna Exterirors Belvidere	Belvidere	655 FTE
CITY-NEAR	General Mills (Belvidere)	Belvidere	583 FTE
CITY-NEAR	General Mills Operations, LLC.	Belvidere	560 FTE
NAT-TCR	Sunland Fire Protection, Inc.	Jamestown, NC	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sfmb Management, LLC	Tampa, FL	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tmx2199 - South Florida Commercial	Ft Lauderdale, FL	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Provisur Technologies Whitewater	Whitewater, WI	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5295	Yuma, AZ	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Municipal Center	Plainville, CT	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	KWF Wesley Chapel, FL	Wesley Chapel, FL	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Nexeo Solutions - Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH	30 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: 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.