Steel merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of chicago a Division of the Oscar Winski company

Riverdale, IL · ~25 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of chicago a Division of the Oscar Winski company runs at 255% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Steel merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of chicago a Division of the Oscar Winski company: 5.6 TCR = 255% of Steel merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of chicago a Division of the Oscar Winski company safety composite

Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of chicago a Division of the Oscar Winski company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

F

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−9.9

2016→2019

Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of chicago a Division of the Oscar Winski company injury rate improved

Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of chicago a Division of the Oscar Winski company's TCR fell 9.9 from 14.5 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 14.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=14.5 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Riverdale, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.6 · 255% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK #77/107
  • PHOTO KenMac Metals - Rich…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: KenMac Metals - Richburg (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of chicago a Division of the Oscar Winski company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of chicago a Division of the Oscar Winski company averages 5.6 TCR (255% of the Steel merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of chicago a Division of the Oscar Winski company TCR series: 2016=14.5 · 2017=0 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=4.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of chicago a Division of the Oscar Winski company falls in its industry

1,299 Steel merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 29% 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 #77 safest of 107 Steel merchant wholesalers employers in Illinois.

Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of chicago a Division of the Oscar Winski company (25 employees, TCR 5.6) 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 Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of chicago a Division of the Oscar Winski company
Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of chicago a Division of the Oscar Winski company (25 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of chicago a Division of the Oscar Winski company has fewer employees than the Steel merchant wholesalers median and a higher 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
2019 4.6 4.6 1 0 0
2018 3.2 3.2 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 14.5 14.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IL · Riverdale

1,299 Steel merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 17 employers in Riverdale, 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 KenMac Metals - Richburg 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Scot Industries - East Troy 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eastern Metal Supply Lakeland 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Consolidated Pipe & Supply Co. Inc. - Nashville, TN 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Emerald Mound Lebanon Fire Department 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Steve Piper and Sons, Inc 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - IL Meter Services North 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Headquarters 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR ArcelorMittal Riverdale 313 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale 311 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tri-State Disposal Inc 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR 161580-CHI-RIVERDALE BR 46 FTE
NAT-TCR 4113-41131003-R21-5 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0025 1723 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0027 1922 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0027 1143 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE First State Animal Center & SPCA 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ontario FS (SSS,SAT) 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wausau Hampton Inn 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE EI055 - Badoura Nursery 25 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.