Metals service centers · Illinois

Industrial Steel & Wire

Chicago, IL · ~47 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Industrial Steel & Wire runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade B.

Industrial Steel & Wire: 1.7 TCR = 76% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Industrial Steel & Wire safety composite

Industrial Steel & Wire scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% 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).

C

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−2.5

2019→2024

Industrial Steel & Wire injury rate improved

Industrial Steel & Wire's TCR fell 2.5 from 2.5 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.5 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 76% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/107
  • PHOTO Metals USA-501
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Metals USA-501 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Industrial Steel & Wire in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Industrial Steel & Wire averages 1.7 TCR (76% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

Industrial Steel & Wire TCR series: 2019=2.5 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Industrial Steel & Wire falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 82% 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 #14 safest of 107 Metals service centers employers in Illinois.

Industrial Steel & Wire (47 employees, TCR 1.7) 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 Industrial Steel & Wire
Industrial Steel & Wire (47 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Industrial Steel & Wire has more employees than the Metals service centers 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.9 0.0 1 0 0
2022 4.7 0.0 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IL · Chicago

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, 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 Metals USA-501 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR O'Brien Steel Meta Tec MNK 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sabel Steel-New Steel 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1987-Jerseyville, IL (Monsanto Co.) 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stonington, IL-Mfg 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prairie Power, Inc. 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Distribution Operating - Decatur 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR Triangle Engineering Corporation 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR N&S Construction Buchanan 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Performance Roofing LLC 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Todd Wenzel Buick GMC of Davison 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE City Center Management, L.P. 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Smucker Fruit Processing Co. 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Valley Training Center, RAPID South 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maintenance Service Experts, LLC 47 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. 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.