Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Earle M. Jorgensen Company

Schaumburg, IL · ~311 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Earle M. Jorgensen Company runs at 147% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Earle M. Jorgensen Company: 3.2 TCR = 147% of Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Earle M. Jorgensen Company safety composite

Earle M. Jorgensen Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

Earle M. Jorgensen Company: 1.0 → 3.9 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 5.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.19× in 2024

Earle M. Jorgensen Company's TCR rose 2.9 from 1.0 in 2020 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Schaumburg, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.2 · 147% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #39/107
  • PHOTO Earl M. Jorgensen Co.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 46 inj
  • SIZE ~311 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Earl M. Jorgensen Co. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Earle M. Jorgensen Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Earle M. Jorgensen Company averages 3.2 TCR (147% of the Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Earle M. Jorgensen Company TCR series: 2020=1 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=3 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Earle M. Jorgensen Company falls in its industry

1,299 Metal products (e.g., bars, in establishments

Safer than 57% 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 #39 safest of 107 Metal products (e.g., bars, in employers in Illinois.

Earle M. Jorgensen Company (311 employees, TCR 3.2) 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
Earle M. Jorgensen Company (311 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Earle M. Jorgensen Company has more employees than the Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plat 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
2024 3.9 3.9 10 0 0
2023 3.0 3.0 8 0 0
2022 2.8 2.8 8 0 0
2021 5.5 5.5 17 0 0
2020 1.0 1.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IL · Schaumburg

1,299 Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers 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 Earl M. Jorgensen Co. 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR TKSS - Richburg 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ryerson- Eldridge 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metals USA Newark 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE GFX Grayslake 311 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale 311 FTE
STATE-SIZE Danville Machining 311 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Steel & Wire 311 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 Westlake Medical Campus 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Silver Summit 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0042 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0621 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE 10279 Paramus 311 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thomas E. Keller Trucking 311 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2365 - Queen Creek 311 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elevate Windows and Doors 311 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, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.