Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Clayton Metals, Inc

Wood Dale, IL · ~34 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Clayton Metals, Inc runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Clayton Metals, Inc: 3.5 TCR = 158% of Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Clayton Metals, Inc safety composite

Clayton Metals, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

−4.4

2016→2024

Clayton Metals, Inc injury rate improved

Clayton Metals, Inc's TCR fell 4.4 from 4.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.4 · 2017=7.5 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Wood Dale, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 158% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #47/107
  • PHOTO EMJ co
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: EMJ co (0.0 TCR gap)

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Clayton Metals, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Clayton Metals, Inc averages 3.5 TCR (158% of the Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Clayton Metals, Inc TCR series: 2016=4.4 · 2017=7.5 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Clayton Metals, Inc falls in its industry

1,299 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesal establishments

Safer than 53% 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 #47 safest of 107 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesal employers in Illinois.

Clayton Metals, Inc (34 employees, TCR 3.5) 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 Clayton Metals, Inc
Clayton Metals, Inc (34 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Clayton Metals, Inc has fewer employees than the Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 6.7 0.0 2 0 0
2020 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2019 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2017 7.5 5.0 3 0 0
2016 4.4 0.0 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IL · Wood Dale

1,299 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 69 employers in Wood Dale, 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 EMJ co 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Location #2 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alaskan Copper, PDX 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ellwood Specialty Steel Company 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cresco Labs - Kankakee 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kendall Energy Facility 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Adams Electric 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Town of Normal - Water 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Videojet 678 FTE
CITY-NEAR Global Specialty Fulfillment : UIL2 604 FTE
CITY-NEAR Power Solutions International 518 FTE
CITY-NEAR Videojet Technologies Wood Dale 499 FTE
NAT-TCR Henderson Branch 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Schnellecke Logistics South Carolina, LLC 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Mid-Continental Restoration Co., Inc. South Dakota 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Dienamic Tooling Systems 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE TCI Myrtle Beach 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Teledyne Electronic Safety Products 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lakefield Veterinary Group - 151 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hancock Plant 34 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, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016. 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.