Steel mills · Illinois

Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale

Riverdale, IL · ~311 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Steel mills workplace, earning a grade B.

Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale: 2.2 TCR = 66% of Steel mills BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale safety composite

Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−1.1

2021→2024

Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale injury rate improved

Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale's TCR fell 1.1 from 3.0 in 2021 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=3.0 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331110 · Riverdale, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 66% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #12/28
  • PHOTO Heater Specialists, …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~311 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Heater Specialists, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale averages 2.2 TCR (66% of the Steel mills BLS benchmark).

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

Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale TCR series: 2021=3 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale falls in its industry

416 Steel mills establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 28 Steel mills employers in Illinois.

Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale (311 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale
Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale (311 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale 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 1.9 1.5 6 0 0
2023 1.4 0.6 5 0 0
2022 2.5 0.8 9 0 0
2021 3.0 1.2 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331110 · IL · Riverdale

416 Steel mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 17 employers in Riverdale, 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 Heater Specialists, LLC 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cleveland-Cliffs - Weirton 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR H.C. Starck Solutions 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nucor Steel Longview 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE GFX Grayslake 311 FTE
STATE-SIZE Danville Machining 311 FTE
STATE-SIZE Earle M. Jorgensen Company 311 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Steel & Wire 311 FTE
CITY-NEAR ArcelorMittal Riverdale 313 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tri-State Disposal Inc 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR 161580-CHI-RIVERDALE BR 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR RIVERDALE_1434899 42 FTE
NAT-TCR CFS a division of Michels Pipeline Inc 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Riverside Electronics ltd 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR KCC 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Jackson Iga 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lifestar Response of Maryland, Inc. - Annapolis Junction Base 311 FTE
NAT-SIZE 10279 Paramus 311 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brighton Rehab and Wellness 311 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - SMN1 311 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.

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

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