Iron work, structural, contractors · Illinois

Federal Steel & Erection Co.

East Alton, IL · ~80 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Federal Steel & Erection Co. runs at 31% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Iron work, structural, contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Federal Steel & Erection Co.: 0.9 TCR = 31% of Iron work, structural, contractors BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Federal Steel & Erection Co. safety composite

Federal Steel & Erection Co. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% 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

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Federal Steel & Erection Co.: 0.0 → 1.3 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 1.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Federal Steel & Erection Co.'s TCR rose 1.3 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 1.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · East Alton, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 31% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/30
  • PHOTO Empire Acero
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~80 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Empire Acero (0.0 TCR gap)

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Federal Steel & Erection Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Federal Steel & Erection Co. averages 0.9 TCR (31% of the Iron work, structural, contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Federal Steel & Erection Co. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=1 · 2019=0 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Federal Steel & Erection Co. falls in its industry

705 Iron work, structural, contrac establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 30 Iron work, structural, contrac employers in Illinois.

Federal Steel & Erection Co. (80 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Federal Steel & Erection Co.
Federal Steel & Erection Co. (80 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Federal Steel & Erection Co. has more employees than the Iron work, structural, contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 1.3 0.0 1 0 0
2023 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2022 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2021 1.2 0.0 1 0 0
2020 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 1.0 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · IL · East Alton

705 Iron work, structural, contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 20 employers in East Alton, 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 Empire Acero 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR California Field 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Guaranteed Waterproofing 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tippen 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rural Electric Convenience Cooperative 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Crestwood Reporting Center 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Eastern - IL Gas Ops 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE 74G - Eastern - IL Gas Ops 80 FTE
CITY-NEAR Olin Brass 917 FTE
CITY-NEAR Olin Winchester, LLC - East Alton 628 FTE
CITY-NEAR West Star Aviation / Alton 503 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILALT - ALTON 221 FTE
NAT-TCR Norfolk - NFK 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sealed Air - St. Joseph Missouri 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR GA 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Starbucks Manufacturing Georgia Soluble Coffee Plant 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bjerk Builders, LLC 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Zalk Josephs 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE DuBois Office, Shop and Plant 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE R+L Carriers - OMH 80 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.