Metals service centers · Indiana

Chicago Tube and Iron Company Indianapolis

Indianapolis, IN · ~31 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

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

Chicago Tube and Iron Company Indianapolis runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade D.

Chicago Tube and Iron Company Indianapolis: 2.8 TCR = 129% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chicago Tube and Iron Company Indianapolis safety composite

Chicago Tube and Iron Company Indianapolis scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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

51/100

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 2.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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%).

Chicago Tube and Iron Company Indianapolis held a steady TCR band

Chicago Tube and Iron Company Indianapolis's TCR held near 0.0 from 3.0 in 2021 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=3.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=5.5 · 2024=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Indianapolis, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.8 · 129% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #31/75
  • PHOTO Metalwest - Brighton
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Metalwest - Brighton (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chicago Tube and Iron Company Indianapolis in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chicago Tube and Iron Company Indianapolis averages 2.8 TCR (129% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

Chicago Tube and Iron Company Indianapolis TCR series: 2021=3 · 2022=0 · 2023=5.5 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Chicago Tube and Iron Company Indianapolis falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 75 Metals service centers employers in Indiana.

Chicago Tube and Iron Company Indianapolis (31 employees, TCR 2.8) 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Chicago Tube and Iron Company Indianapolis
Chicago Tube and Iron Company Indianapolis (31 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Chicago Tube and Iron Company Indianapolis has fewer employees than the Metals service centers median and a lower 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
2024 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2023 5.5 0.0 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IN · Indianapolis

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 2,074 employers in Indianapolis, 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 Metalwest - Brighton 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ta Chen International - Texas 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Service Steel Aerospace 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR CE 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Black Gold Farms - INW 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwest Pullet Farm 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Whitestown, IN 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sullivan Service Center 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indiana University Health, Inc 7,874 FTE
CITY-NEAR Methodist Hospital 6,862 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eli Lilly - Lilly Corp Center 6,482 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lilly Technology Center 6,472 FTE
NAT-TCR Advent Health Ocala - EVS 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Burrows Packaging 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Osterwisch Company 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Monogram Aerospace Fasteners AZ 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Crane Worldwide Logistics - SAV 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harton Regional Hospital - EVS 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Danville Regional Medical Center - FNS 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Art Newsome Inc 31 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.