Semi-finished metal products merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Esmark Steel

University Park, IL · ~71 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Esmark Steel runs at 324% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Semi-finished metal products merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Esmark Steel: 7.1 TCR = 324% of Semi-finished metal products merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Esmark Steel safety composite

Esmark Steel scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

−8.1

2019→2022

Esmark Steel injury rate improved

Esmark Steel's TCR fell 8.1 from 11.9 in 2019 to 3.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=11.9 · 2020=5.9 · 2021=6.9 · 2022=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · University Park, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 324% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #87/107
  • PHOTO UNISERV, LLC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~71 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: UNISERV, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Esmark Steel in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Esmark Steel averages 7.1 TCR (324% of the Semi-finished metal products merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Esmark Steel TCR series: 2019=11.9 · 2020=5.9 · 2021=6.9 · 2022=3.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Esmark Steel falls in its industry

1,299 Semi-finished metal products m establishments

Safer than 19% 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 #87 safest of 107 Semi-finished metal products m employers in Illinois.

Esmark Steel (71 employees, TCR 7.1) 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 Esmark Steel
Esmark Steel (71 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Esmark Steel has more employees than the Semi-finished metal products merchant wh 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
2022 3.8 3.8 2 0 0
2021 6.9 5.2 4 0 0
2020 5.9 4.7 5 0 0
2019 11.9 11.9 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IL · University Park

1,299 Semi-finished metal products merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 49 employers in University Park, 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 UNISERV, LLC 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aladdin Steel, LLC 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR O'Neal Steel Incorporated_Mobile 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR state steel DM 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dwight, IL 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6697_16861 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Menold Construction, Inc 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Contegra Enterprises 71 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - IGQ2 1,110 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal Signal Corp (University Park) 490 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal Signal Safety & Security Systems Group 454 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amex Nooter 407 FTE
NAT-TCR Fought and Company, Inc 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Gamma North 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR FB1 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Canton Operating - 1037 Marietta Hwy Canton 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE LTA Manufacturing LLC. 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lincare, Inc. - DBA J&L Medical Services - Middlebury, CT 90-01-88-11 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1168 Summerlin 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1139 Danvers 71 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. 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.