Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Elgin Recycling Non-Ferrous Facility

Gilberts, IL · ~40 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Elgin Recycling Non-Ferrous Facility runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

Elgin Recycling Non-Ferrous Facility: 1.0 TCR = 46% of Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Elgin Recycling Non-Ferrous Facility safety composite

Elgin Recycling Non-Ferrous Facility scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−3.0

2016→2019

Elgin Recycling Non-Ferrous Facility injury rate improved

Elgin Recycling Non-Ferrous Facility's TCR fell 3.0 from 3.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Gilberts, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 46% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/62
  • PHOTO SMM Group Claremont …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SMM Group Claremont Terminal (0.0 TCR gap)

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Elgin Recycling Non-Ferrous Facility in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Elgin Recycling Non-Ferrous Facility averages 1.0 TCR (46% of the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Elgin Recycling Non-Ferrous Facility TCR series: 2016=3 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Elgin Recycling Non-Ferrous Facility falls in its industry

1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automot establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 62 Scrap materials (e.g., automot employers in Illinois.

Elgin Recycling Non-Ferrous Facility (40 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Elgin Recycling Non-Ferrous Facility
Elgin Recycling Non-Ferrous Facility (40 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Elgin Recycling Non-Ferrous Facility has more employees than the Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, indus median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 3.0 1.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IL · Gilberts

1,126 Scrap materials (e.g., automotive, industrial) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 16 employers in Gilberts, 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 SMM Group Claremont Terminal 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SA Recycling, Long Beach 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR CMC Recycling Augusta 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR OmniSource, LLC. - Kernersville 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Gas Integrity Management 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG Bloomington Reporting Center 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Downers Grove Sanitary District 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Window Works Addison 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Scurto Cement Construction, Ltd. 224 FTE
CITY-NEAR TURF Design, Inc. 171 FTE
CITY-NEAR Copenhaver Construction 80 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gilberts Elementary School 79 FTE
NAT-TCR Northeast District Service Cen 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Complex 46 - Space Dye 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Moyock 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Nissan Design America (NDA) - San Diego 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Store 01 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE AES Hawaii 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wisconsin Location 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Electrical Distribution Cooperative 40 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.