Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Kuusakoski Glass

Peoria, IL · ~23 workers · 5 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

Kuusakoski Glass runs at 332% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Kuusakoski Glass: 7.3 TCR = 332% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kuusakoski Glass safety composite

Kuusakoski Glass scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Kuusakoski Glass: 3.2 → 17.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 17.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Kuusakoski Glass's TCR rose 14.4 from 3.2 in 2018 to 17.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 332% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #53/62
  • PHOTO K & K Metal Recycling
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: K & K Metal Recycling (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kuusakoski Glass in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kuusakoski Glass averages 7.3 TCR (332% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Kuusakoski Glass TCR series: 2018=3.2 · 2019=5.3 · 2020=10.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=17.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Kuusakoski Glass falls in its industry

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl 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 #53 safest of 62 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Illinois.

Kuusakoski Glass (23 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 Kuusakoski Glass
Kuusakoski Glass (23 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Kuusakoski Glass has fewer employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal 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
2024 17.6 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 10.5 10.5 2 0 0
2019 5.3 0.0 1 0 0
2018 3.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IL · Peoria

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 312 employers in Peoria, 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 K & K Metal Recycling 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vintage Tech PA 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sprout Massachusetts 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fortune Dallas 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oak Grove 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eagle Point Farms, LLC. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mendota Office 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nokomis Area Fire Protection District 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR OSF Saint Francis Medical Center 5,293 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Francis Medical Center 5,007 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health Staff 3,911 FTE
CITY-NEAR Methodist Medical Center 2,815 FTE
NAT-TCR Texaloy Foundry 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Baker City 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR K & K Metal Recycling 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Whitefish at the Lakes 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Delaware River Partners LLC 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bethpage 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Los Vientos 1A & 1B Wind Farms 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Badgerland De Pere 23 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, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.