Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors · Indiana

Chicago Decking, Inc.

Merrillville, IN · ~30 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chicago Decking, Inc. runs at 498% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Chicago Decking, Inc.: 13.9 TCR = 498% of Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chicago Decking, Inc. safety composite

Chicago Decking, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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 13.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−8.9

2016→2023

Chicago Decking, Inc. injury rate improved

Chicago Decking, Inc.'s TCR fell 8.9 from 8.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 45.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.9 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=4.0 · 2020=18.2 · 2021=16.4 · 2022=45.8 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · Merrillville, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.9 · 498% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #15/16
  • PHOTO Integrity Iron, LLC
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Integrity Iron, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chicago Decking, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chicago Decking, Inc. averages 13.9 TCR (498% of the Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Chicago Decking, Inc. TCR series: 2016=8.9 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=4 · 2020=18.2 · 2021=16.4 · 2022=45.8 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Chicago Decking, Inc. falls in its industry

705 Structural steel erecting or i establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 16 Structural steel erecting or i employers in Indiana.

Chicago Decking, Inc. (30 employees, TCR 13.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Chicago Decking, Inc.
Chicago Decking, Inc. (30 employees, TCR 13.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Chicago Decking, Inc. has fewer employees than the Structural steel erecting or iron work c median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 45.8 22.9 2 0 0
2021 16.4 10.9 5 4 0
2020 18.2 16.4 2 8 0
2019 4.0 2.7 3 0 0
2018 4.3 2.1 2 0 0
2016 8.9 8.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · IN · Merrillville

705 Structural steel erecting or iron work contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 97 employers in Merrillville, IN · 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 Integrity Iron, LLC 13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Steel Huggers LLC 13.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shope Concrete, LLC. 13.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Buffalo Welding, Inc. 13.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Noblesville Generating Station 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lawrenceburg Power, LLC 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE HQ 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Steuben County REMC 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR 275-NiSource-Merrillville IN-SLC 796 FTE
CITY-NEAR Albanese Confectionery Group 591 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1618 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR Regional Mental Health Center 371 FTE
NAT-TCR 8807855-Trek Bicycle Inc 13.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0408 13.9 TCR
NAT-TCR HG579 13.9 TCR
NAT-TCR HG616 13.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Safety Striping Service Inc. 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE North 40 Outfitters #A 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spee Dee Delivery Service, Inc - Collinsville 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Emogene Dolin Jnes Hospice House 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.