Metals service centers · Illinois

Earle M. Jorgensen Company Chicago

Schaumburg, IL · ~345 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Earle M. Jorgensen Company Chicago runs at 78% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade B.

Earle M. Jorgensen Company Chicago: 1.7 TCR = 78% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Earle M. Jorgensen Company Chicago safety composite

Earle M. Jorgensen Company Chicago scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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

−1.1

2017→2019

Earle M. Jorgensen Company Chicago injury rate improved

Earle M. Jorgensen Company Chicago's TCR fell 1.1 from 3.1 in 2017 to 2.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.1 TCR. In 2019, DART was 1.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.1 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Schaumburg, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 78% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #15/107
  • PHOTO Copper and Brass Sal…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~345 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Copper and Brass Sales - Northwood (0.0 TCR gap)

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Earle M. Jorgensen Company Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Earle M. Jorgensen Company Chicago averages 1.7 TCR (78% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

Earle M. Jorgensen Company Chicago TCR series: 2017=3.1 · 2018=0 · 2019=2 · BLS 2.2

Where Earle M. Jorgensen Company Chicago falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 82% 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 #15 safest of 107 Metals service centers employers in Illinois.

Earle M. Jorgensen Company Chicago (345 employees, TCR 1.7) 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Earle M. Jorgensen Company Chicago
Earle M. Jorgensen Company Chicago (345 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Earle M. Jorgensen Company 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
2019 2.0 2.0 7 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 3.1 2.8 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IL · Schaumburg

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 246 employers in Schaumburg, 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 Copper and Brass Sales - Northwood 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Laserflex, Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yarde Metals, New Jersey 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Norfolk Iron and Metal - Kansas 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE DWM-Central District - 39th and Ashland | 3901 S. Ashland 345 FTE
STATE-SIZE MKD 345 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arlington Heights IL Branch 345 FTE
STATE-SIZE LaGrange IL HQ EMD 345 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6354-OFFS 3,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District No. 54 2,876 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nation Pizza & Foods (Schaumburg) 1,320 FTE
CITY-NEAR IL02 1,301 FTE
NAT-TCR WA-Boeing (Everett) 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR IN - Public/Philip Morris 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Final Mile BHAM AL 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #811 SUGAR HILL, GA 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE TURBOCAM International 345 FTE
NAT-SIZE Appleton CCC (WI01) 345 FTE
NAT-SIZE HouseWorks, LLC 345 FTE
NAT-SIZE Columbus (Ohcls) 345 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.