Metals service centers · Illinois

DeKalb Iron and Metal LLC

Dekalb, IL · ~28 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DeKalb Iron and Metal LLC runs at 635% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade F.

DeKalb Iron and Metal LLC: 14.0 TCR = 635% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DeKalb Iron and Metal LLC safety composite

DeKalb Iron and Metal LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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).

F

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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

DeKalb Iron and Metal LLC: 9.3 → 18.6 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 18.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.89× in 2017

DeKalb Iron and Metal LLC's TCR rose 9.3 from 9.3 in 2016 to 18.6 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Dekalb, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.0 · 635% of ind

  • DART 12.4 DART
  • RANK #105/107
  • PHOTO Magic Steel Corporat…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Magic Steel Corporation - Trinity AL (0.0 TCR gap)

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DeKalb Iron and Metal LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DeKalb Iron and Metal LLC averages 14.0 TCR (635% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

DeKalb Iron and Metal LLC TCR series: 2016=9.3 · 2017=18.6 · BLS 2.2

Where DeKalb Iron and Metal LLC falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 2% 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 #105 safest of 107 Metals service centers employers in Illinois.

DeKalb Iron and Metal LLC (28 employees, TCR 14.0) 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 DeKalb Iron and Metal LLC
DeKalb Iron and Metal LLC (28 employees, TCR 14.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

DeKalb Iron and Metal LLC has fewer employees than the Metals service centers 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2017 18.6 12.4 6 0 0
2016 9.3 6.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IL · Dekalb

1,299 Metals service centers 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 Magic Steel Corporation - Trinity AL 13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Converse All Steel Services, Inc. 13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Contractors Steel Comapny TW 13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tubular Steel, Inc. 14.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Elite Growers, Inc. 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charles River Avian Roanoke 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience Princeton IL Research-PRI2 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tracy Export, Inc. 28 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 Logan Airport (Malog) 14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Vulcan Plastics 14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Paramus 14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 6975-1L13 14.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Arizona Production Center 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0773 - Enterprise, Al 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0445 - Murrieta, Ca 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0196 - Albany, Ny 28 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: 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.