Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Industrial metals Recycling Corporation

Elgin, IL · ~52 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Industrial metals Recycling Corporation runs at 330% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Industrial metals Recycling Corporation: 7.3 TCR = 330% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Industrial metals Recycling Corporation safety composite

Industrial metals Recycling Corporation scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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

−0.5

2017→2020

Industrial metals Recycling Corporation injury rate improved

Industrial metals Recycling Corporation's TCR fell 0.5 from 2.0 in 2017 to 1.5 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 18.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.0 · 2018=18.2 · 2020=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Elgin, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 330% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #52/62
  • PHOTO Timm' s Auto, Inc
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Timm' s Auto, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Industrial metals Recycling Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Industrial metals Recycling Corporation averages 7.3 TCR (330% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Industrial metals Recycling Corporation TCR series: 2017=2 · 2018=18.2 · 2020=1.5 · BLS 2.2

Where Industrial metals Recycling Corporation falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 22% 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 #52 safest of 62 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Illinois.

Industrial metals Recycling Corporation (52 employees, TCR 7.3) 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 Industrial metals Recycling Corporation
Industrial metals Recycling Corporation (52 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Industrial metals Recycling Corporation has more employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale median and a higher 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
2020 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2018 18.2 14.2 9 0 0
2017 2.0 2.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IL · Elgin

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 250 employers in Elgin, 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 Timm' s Auto, Inc 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR WTE RECYCLING 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SMS Malcolm AL 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midwest Scrap Management KC 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Curative Health Cultivation LLC 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2502-Ashton, IL (Monsanto Co.) 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sauget 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1240-Monmouth, IL (Monsanto Co.) 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Sherman Hospital 1,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elgin John B. Sanfilippo & Son 987 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Elgin 986 FTE
CITY-NEAR American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation-Elgin 774 FTE
NAT-TCR 1771 Lkq 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR York Hospice 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR City Of Riverside Public Works Sewer Operations 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Signature Flight Support Spokane 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE EXAIR Corporation 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE HydroChem LLC-HDX 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE HydroChem LLC-PLX 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE HydroChem LLC-DPX 52 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: 2020, 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.