Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Illinois

CST Industries DeKalb

Dekalb, IL · ~103 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CST Industries DeKalb runs at 126% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

CST Industries DeKalb: 4.2 TCR = 126% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CST Industries DeKalb safety composite

CST Industries DeKalb scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

−4.2

2022→2024

CST Industries DeKalb injury rate improved

CST Industries DeKalb's TCR fell 4.2 from 6.1 in 2022 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=6.1 · 2023=4.6 · 2024=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Dekalb, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 126% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #25/51
  • PHOTO Hohmann & Barnard (A…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~103 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hohmann & Barnard (Alabama) (0.0 TCR gap)

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CST Industries DeKalb in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CST Industries DeKalb averages 4.2 TCR (126% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

CST Industries DeKalb TCR series: 2022=6.1 · 2023=4.6 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where CST Industries DeKalb falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 51 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Illinois.

CST Industries DeKalb (103 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate CST Industries DeKalb
CST Industries DeKalb (103 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

CST Industries DeKalb has more employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 1.8 1.8 3 0 0
2023 4.6 4.6 5 0 0
2022 6.1 2.0 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · IL · Dekalb

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 93 employers in Dekalb, 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 Hohmann & Barnard (Alabama) 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maxxim Rebuild Co., LLC dba Maxxim Manufacturing 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR ALP Steel Corp. 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brenham TX - Structures 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Maywood Tech Center 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bellwood Reporting Center 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allied Power Services - Exelon, Braidwood Station 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Utility LLC 103 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - UDC-DeKalb 1,635 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - DeKalb UDC 1,411 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital 1,067 FTE
CITY-NEAR DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 940 FTE
NAT-TCR Russo Development Inc 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Eagle #1662 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Penn Highlands Mon Valley 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Fuse Builds 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ermco Components 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE Twin City EDM 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lakeland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ciocca Ford of Quakertown 103 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.