Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Kuusakoski US, LLC

Plainfield, IL · ~43 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kuusakoski US, LLC runs at 636% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Kuusakoski US, LLC: 14.0 TCR = 636% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kuusakoski US, LLC safety composite

Kuusakoski US, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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).

F

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 13.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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 US, LLC: 14.4 → 18.6 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 19.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2024

Kuusakoski US, LLC's TCR rose 4.2 from 14.4 in 2018 to 18.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 19.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 14.0 · 636% of ind

  • DART 13.9 DART
  • RANK #62/62
  • PHOTO Pacific Coast Shredd…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pacific Coast Shredding (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kuusakoski US, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kuusakoski US, LLC averages 14.0 TCR (636% 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

Kuusakoski US, LLC TCR series: 2018=14.4 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=19.6 · 2024=18.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Kuusakoski US, LLC falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 3% 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 #62 safest of 62 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Illinois.

Kuusakoski US, LLC (43 employees, TCR 14.0) 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Kuusakoski US, LLC
Kuusakoski US, LLC (43 employees, TCR 14.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Kuusakoski US, LLC 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
2024 18.6 13.9 8 0 0
2020 19.6 15.7 4 1 0
2019 3.4 3.4 1 0 0
2018 14.4 9.0 7 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IL · Plainfield

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 84 employers in Plainfield, 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 Pacific Coast Shredding 14.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Colorado Industrial Recycling 13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gateway Recycling Inc DBA Gateway Recovery 13.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mt. Holly 13.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Illinois 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stratum Reservoir, LLC - Champaign 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - East St. Louis 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Manlove Storage Field 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5038 404 FTE
CITY-NEAR KBI/Pentair Commercial Services 378 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ken's Beverage Inc. 367 FTE
CITY-NEAR Meijer Store 214 272 FTE
NAT-TCR Agri-Mark, Inc. 14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Downey 14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Marks Lumber 14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Associated Grocers of New England Inc 14.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Idim Construction 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE George Steel Fabricating Inc 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ringneck Energy, LLC 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Segale Bros. Wood Products Inc. 43 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, 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.