Refining nonferrous metals and alloys (except aluminum, copper), secondary · Illinois

Cristal Metals Inc.

Name: Cristal Metals Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Ottawa, IL · ~23 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Cristal Metals Inc. runs at 168% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Refining nonferrous metals and alloys (except aluminum, copper), secondary workplace, earning a grade D.

Cristal Metals Inc.: 5.5 TCR = 168% of Refining nonferrous metals and alloys (except aluminum, copper), secondary BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cristal Metals Inc. safety composite

Cristal Metals Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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): F 5.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−2.8

2016→2019

Cristal Metals Inc. injury rate improved

Cristal Metals Inc.'s TCR fell 2.8 from 2.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 13.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.8 · 2018=13.8 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331492 · Ottawa, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 168% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #6/10
PHOTO Advanced Chemical Co…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Advanced Chemical Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Cristal Metals Inc. averages 5.5 TCR (168% of the Refining nonferrous metals and alloys (except aluminum, copper), secondary BLS benchmark).

Cristal Metals Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2018=13.8 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Cristal Metals Inc. falls in its industry

132 Refining nonferrous metals and establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 10 Refining nonferrous metals and employers in Illinois.

Cristal Metals Inc. (23 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Cristal Metals Inc. has fewer employees than the Refining nonferrous metals and alloys (e median and a higher 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
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	13.8	13.8	3
2016	2.8	2.8	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331492 · IL · Ottawa

132 Refining nonferrous metals and alloys (except aluminum, copper), secondary employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 67 employers in Ottawa, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Advanced Chemical Company	WARWICK, RI	5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Element Resources	MUNCIE, IN	5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Atomized Products Group	GARLAND, TX	5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Metallix Refining, Inc.	GREENVILLE, NC	5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Oak Grove	BURNSIDE	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Eagle Point Farms, LLC.	TABLE GROVE	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mendota Office	MENDOTA	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Nokomis Area Fire Protection District	NOKOMIS	23 FTE
CITY-NEAR	OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center	Ottawa	624 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Saint Elizabeth Medical Center	Ottawa	581 FTE
CITY-NEAR	LaSalle County	Ottawa	500 FTE
CITY-NEAR	00000036 0036 OTTAWA DC	Ottawa	415 FTE
NAT-TCR	Vista Park	Huntsville, AL	5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Plant 58	Nappanee, IN	5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Dirt Tech Company LLC	Jericho, VT	5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	HFC - Cookeville	Cookeville, TN	5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Noltex Truss Midland	Midland, TX	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ibis Tek Coatings	Leetsdale, PA	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	A&M Systems	Elkhart, IN	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Kenai_Homer	Soldotna, AK	23 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: 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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