Metals Service Centers · Illinois

Chicago (University Park)

University Park, IL · ~45 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chicago (University Park) runs at 57% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Metals Service Centers workplace, earning a grade B.

Chicago (University Park): 1.3 TCR = 57% of Metals Service Centers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chicago (University Park) safety composite

Chicago (University Park) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−2.5

2021→2022

Chicago (University Park) injury rate improved

Chicago (University Park)'s TCR fell 2.5 from 2.5 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 2.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=2.5 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · University Park, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.3 · 57% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/107
  • PHOTO Chapel steel-locatio…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chapel steel-location 141 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chicago (University Park) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chicago (University Park) averages 1.3 TCR (57% 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 (University Park) TCR series: 2021=2.5 · 2022=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Chicago (University Park) falls in its industry

1,299 Metals Service Centers establishments

Safer than 89% 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 #5 safest of 107 Metals Service Centers employers in Illinois.

Chicago (University Park) (45 employees, TCR 1.3) 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 (University Park)
Chicago (University Park) (45 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Chicago (University Park) has more 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IL · University Park

1,299 Metals Service Centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 49 employers in University Park, 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 Chapel steel-location 141 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ryerson Eldridge - 1022 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR PEP : LSMD - Vienna 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Service Steel Aerospace-Pico Rivera CA 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1982.1-Stonington, IL-Mfg (Monsanto Co.) 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farmer City 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE 91P - Distribution Operating - Decatur 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Sparta 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - IGQ2 1,110 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal Signal Corp (University Park) 490 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal Signal Safety & Security Systems Group 454 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amex Nooter 407 FTE
NAT-TCR Signature Flight Support-DSM247 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Albuquerque 1500 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Inflight Catering 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Automation Solutions/Controls/Systems Integrator 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Odd Enterprises 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Smithfield BioScience Fresh 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ar Paquette & Company Inc 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG085 45 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: 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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