Metals service centers · Illinois

Central Steel & Wire - Chicago

Chicago, IL · ~514 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central Steel & Wire - Chicago runs at 232% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade F.

Central Steel & Wire - Chicago: 5.1 TCR = 232% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Steel & Wire - Chicago safety composite

Central Steel & Wire - Chicago scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.81 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%).

Rising injury rate

Central Steel & Wire - Chicago: 4.2 → 6.0 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 6.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.35× in 2020

Central Steel & Wire - Chicago's TCR rose 1.9 from 4.2 in 2019 to 6.0 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 5.1 · 232% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #72/107
  • PHOTO MicroStar Quality Se…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~514 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MicroStar Quality Services - CO4 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Steel & Wire - Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Steel & Wire - Chicago averages 5.1 TCR (232% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

Central Steel & Wire - Chicago TCR series: 2019=4.2 · 2020=6 · BLS 2.2

Where Central Steel & Wire - Chicago falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 33% 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 #72 safest of 107 Metals service centers employers in Illinois.

Central Steel & Wire - Chicago (514 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Central Steel & Wire - Chicago
Central Steel & Wire - Chicago (514 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Central Steel & Wire - Chicago has more employees than the Metals service centers median and a higher 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
2020 6.0 1.8 11 19 0
2019 4.2 3.8 20 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IL · Chicago

1,299 Metals service centers 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 MicroStar Quality Services - CO4 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR York (Memory Lane) 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR ZM Sheet Metal - Winchester 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Consolidated Pipe & Supply Co. Inc. - Knoxville, TN 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Clinton Power Station 514 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vee Pak - Countryside, IL 514 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 256 514 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6795-99625B0499 514 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 Sweeney Lumber 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Eastern Division Gadsden Office 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Vern Eide Body Shop 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Chattanooga, TN 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wegmans Mt. Laurel 008 514 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0002-Carolinas Rehabilitation Main 514 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Office Lafayette 514 FTE
NAT-SIZE The JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes 514 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: 2020, 2019. 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.