Bleaching agents, inorganic, manufacturing · Illinois

KA Steel - Lemont

Lemont, IL · ~29 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KA Steel - Lemont runs at 69% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Bleaching agents, inorganic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

KA Steel - Lemont: 2.3 TCR = 69% of Bleaching agents, inorganic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KA Steel - Lemont safety composite

KA Steel - Lemont scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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

−1.8

2016→2024

KA Steel - Lemont injury rate improved

KA Steel - Lemont's TCR fell 1.8 from 1.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.8 · 2017=6.4 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=7.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325180 · Lemont, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 69% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/25
  • PHOTO Usalco
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Usalco (0.0 TCR gap)

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KA Steel - Lemont in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KA Steel - Lemont averages 2.3 TCR (69% of the Bleaching agents, inorganic, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

KA Steel - Lemont TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=6.4 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=7.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where KA Steel - Lemont falls in its industry

418 Bleaching agents, inorganic, m establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 25 Bleaching agents, inorganic, m employers in Illinois.

KA Steel - Lemont (29 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 0100200300400500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate KA Steel - Lemont
KA Steel - Lemont (29 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9

KA Steel - Lemont has fewer employees than the Bleaching agents, inorganic, manufacturi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 4.8 4.8 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 7.6 7.6 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 6.4 6.4 2 0 0
2016 1.8 1.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325180 · IL · Lemont

418 Bleaching agents, inorganic, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 50 employers in Lemont, 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 Usalco 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conshohocken Plant 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR PQ Corporation- Utica 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR PVS Steel Services - Calvert 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Grant Park 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Southern - IL Common Ops 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Western - IL Common Ops 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Eastern - IL Common Ops 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lemont Refinery 598 FTE
CITY-NEAR PDV Midwest Refining, L.L.C. 573 FTE
CITY-NEAR Timberline Knolls 271 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franciscan Village 251 FTE
NAT-TCR Mechanical Services of Central Florida, Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Fairchild Equipment - Ham Lake 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Okeene Milling Company 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR West Memphis Fence & Construction, Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE DeRoyal Textiles, Inc. 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clinton Aluminum, Janesville, WI 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE San Francisco Premium Outlets 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Walnut Ridge Dairy LLC 29 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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