Steel mills · Indiana
Cleveland-Cliffs - Indiana Harbor
East Chicago, IN · ~3,192 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Cleveland-Cliffs - Indiana Harbor runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Steel mills workplace, earning a grade B.
Cleveland-Cliffs - Indiana Harbor: 1.7 TCR = 52% of Steel mills BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Cleveland-Cliffs - Indiana Harbor safety composite
Cleveland-Cliffs - Indiana Harbor scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 4%), 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).
53/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 1.71 per 100 workers
Safer than 66% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.18 per 100 workers
Safer than 73% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 4% 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
−0.9
2021→2024
Cleveland-Cliffs - Indiana Harbor injury rate improved
Cleveland-Cliffs - Indiana Harbor's TCR fell 0.9 from 2.1 in 2021 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 2.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2021=2.1 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=1.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331110 · East Chicago, IN AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 52% of ind
- DART 0.2 DART
- RANK #20/42
- PHOTO Steel Dynamics Flat …
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 252 inj
- SIZE ~3,192 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Steel Dynamics Flat Roll Group - Butler (0.0 TCR gap)
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Cleveland-Cliffs - Indiana Harbor in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Cleveland-Cliffs - Indiana Harbor
1.7 TCR
- Steel Dynamics
Steel Dynamics Flat Roll Group - Butler
1.7 TCR
- USS Fairfield
USS Fairfield Works - Tubular
1.7 TCR
- Edgar Thomson
Edgar Thomson Plant
1.7 TCR
- Accuride Erie
Accuride Erie
1.7 TCR
What this shows Cleveland-Cliffs - Indiana Harbor averages 1.7 TCR (52% of the Steel mills BLS benchmark).
Cleveland-Cliffs - Indiana Harbor TCR series: 2021=2.1 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Cleveland-Cliffs - Indiana Harbor falls in its industry
416 Steel mills establishmentsSafer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 42 Steel mills employers in Indiana.
Cleveland-Cliffs - Indiana Harbor has more employees than the Steel mills median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 63 | 10 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 76 | 6 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331110 · IN · East Chicago
416 Steel mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 69 employers in East Chicago, 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 | Steel Dynamics Flat Roll Group - Butler | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | USS Fairfield Works - Tubular | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Edgar Thomson Plant | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Accuride Erie | 1.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Indiana University Health Riley Hospital for Children | 3,226 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Eli Lilly US Affiliate-Sales | 3,240 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kokomo Transmission Plant | 3,289 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | University Hospital | 3,307 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Arcelormittal Indiana Harbor | 3,844 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ameristar East Chicago | 1,371 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ameristar Casino and Hotel East Chicago | 1,155 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St Catherine Hospital | 973 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Archbold OH | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Timec Oilfields, LLC | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Denver CC | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Springhill Suites Poway | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Good Samaritan Hospital | 3,191 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Eastern Maine Medical Center | 3,190 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Guilford County Local Government | 3,194 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - ORF3 | 3,196 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.