Bulk liquids trucking, long-distance · Illinois

Downers Grove/Olin/KA Steel

Downers Grove, IL · ~77 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Downers Grove/Olin/KA Steel runs at 35% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Bulk liquids trucking, long-distance workplace, earning a grade A.

Downers Grove/Olin/KA Steel: 1.6 TCR = 35% of Bulk liquids trucking, long-distance BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Downers Grove/Olin/KA Steel safety composite

Downers Grove/Olin/KA Steel scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

−2.0

2018→2022

Downers Grove/Olin/KA Steel injury rate improved

Downers Grove/Olin/KA Steel's TCR fell 2.0 from 2.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.0 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · Downers Grove, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 35% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/56
  • PHOTO Vulcraft Carrier Cor…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Vulcraft Carrier Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Downers Grove/Olin/KA Steel in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Downers Grove/Olin/KA Steel averages 1.6 TCR (35% of the Bulk liquids trucking, long-distance BLS benchmark).

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

Downers Grove/Olin/KA Steel TCR series: 2018=2 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Downers Grove/Olin/KA Steel falls in its industry

1,026 Bulk liquids trucking, long-di establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 56 Bulk liquids trucking, long-di employers in Illinois.

Downers Grove/Olin/KA Steel (77 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Downers Grove/Olin/KA Steel
Downers Grove/Olin/KA Steel (77 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Downers Grove/Olin/KA Steel has more employees than the Bulk liquids trucking, long-distance median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.1 1.1 3 0 0
2019 2.9 1.9 3 0 0
2018 2.0 2.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · IL · Downers Grove

1,026 Bulk liquids trucking, long-distance employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 139 employers in Downers Grove, 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 Vulcraft Carrier Corporation 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Transport Service 60025 TSC Kingsport 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Transport Service 60014 Port Lavaca 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Groendyke Transport - Fort Worth 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Albers Farm 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Facebook DKL 1 2 NEW 20126004 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Builtech Services, LLC. 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE William A. Randolph, Inc. 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Medical Group 5,319 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Support Centers 2,103 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital 1,958 FTE
CITY-NEAR ADVOCATE CHILDRENS HOSPITALS 1,734 FTE
NAT-TCR Muncie Power Products, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Denver North 39090 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Stuart 35340 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Premier Construction Group 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE AR070 Crossett Chemical 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6070 Orange RTS 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5827 Dallas TX 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5472-NAI-0034-0034-02668 77 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.