Metals service centers · Illinois

Combined Metals of Chicago

Bellwood, IL · ~57 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Combined Metals of Chicago runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade C.

Combined Metals of Chicago: 2.1 TCR = 96% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Combined Metals of Chicago safety composite

Combined Metals of Chicago scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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)
B 2.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Combined Metals of Chicago: 1.5 → 4.9 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 4.9 TCR · DART/TCR 2.3× in 2023

Combined Metals of Chicago's TCR rose 3.4 from 1.5 in 2016 to 4.9 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 2.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 2.1 · 96% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK #23/107
  • PHOTO Houston Mac HTX
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Houston Mac HTX (0.0 TCR gap)

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Combined Metals of Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Combined Metals of Chicago averages 2.1 TCR (96% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

Combined Metals of Chicago TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2017=0 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=0 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=4.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Combined Metals of Chicago falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 75% 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 #23 safest of 107 Metals service centers employers in Illinois.

Combined Metals of Chicago (57 employees, TCR 2.1) 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 Combined Metals of Chicago
Combined Metals of Chicago (57 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Combined Metals of Chicago 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
2023 4.9 4.9 3 0 0
2022 3.2 3.2 2 0 0
2021 4.6 4.6 3 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2018 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.5 1.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IL · Bellwood

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 24 employers in Bellwood, 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 Houston Mac HTX 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3142_6058 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR TEXAS PIPE & SUPPLY CO. - 04 TPS HAMMOND 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bensalem PA Location 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Northern S - IL Gas Ops 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eagle Concrete, Inc. 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Centennial Contractors of the Quad Cities, Inc. 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heritage Carpentry, Inc. 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR BorgWarner Transmission Systems LLC 518 FTE
CITY-NEAR ABW-BELLWOOD 475 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ferrara Candy Company - Bellwood, IL. 463 FTE
CITY-NEAR BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood 457 FTE
NAT-TCR McPherson Concrete Products 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Union Supply Group, Inc. - NV DC 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Mopvr - Kansas City 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Sullivan and Merritt Constructors 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bowles Farming Company 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reich Tool & Design 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lynchburg Svc Ctr 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE J.L. Fisher Inc. 57 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.