Cable, copper (e.g., armored, bare, insulated), made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants · Illinois
Lake Copper Conductors - Eastland
Elkhart, IL · ~57 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lake Copper Conductors - Eastland runs at 335% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cable, copper (e.g., armored, bare, insulated), made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants workplace, earning a grade F.
Lake Copper Conductors - Eastland: 11.0 TCR = 335% of Cable, copper (e.g., armored, bare, insulated), made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lake Copper Conductors - Eastland safety composite
Lake Copper Conductors - Eastland scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).
15/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 11.04 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 11.48 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% 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
Lake Copper Conductors - Eastland: 9.0 → 13.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 13.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.04× in 2024
Lake Copper Conductors - Eastland's TCR rose 4.1 from 9.0 in 2023 to 13.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331420 · Elkhart, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 11.0 · 335% of ind
- DART 11.5 DART
- RANK #7/7
- PHOTO Eagle Metals, Inc.
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~57 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Eagle Metals, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)
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Lake Copper Conductors - Eastland in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- SA Alloys
SA Alloys
11.4 TCR
- This site
Lake Copper Conductors - Eastland
11 TCR
- Eagle Metals,
Eagle Metals, Inc.
10.9 TCR
- Tribal Manufac
Tribal Manufacturing
10.7 TCR
- Fort Wayne Mag
Fort Wayne Magnet Wire Plant
10.5 TCR
What this shows Lake Copper Conductors - Eastland averages 11.0 TCR (335% of the Cable, copper (e.g., armored, bare, insulated), made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants BLS benchmark).
Lake Copper Conductors - Eastland TCR series: 2023=9 · 2024=13.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Lake Copper Conductors - Eastland falls in its industry
198 Cable, copper (e.g., armored, establishmentsSafer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Cable, copper (e.g., armored, employers in Illinois.
Lake Copper Conductors - Eastland has fewer employees than the Cable, copper (e.g., armored, bare, insu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13.1 | 11.5 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331420 · IL · Elkhart
198 Cable, copper (e.g., armored, bare, insulated), made from purchased copper in wire drawing plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 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 | Eagle Metals, Inc. | 10.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tribal Manufacturing | 10.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SA Alloys | 11.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fort Wayne Magnet Wire Plant | 10.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - Northern S - IL Gas Ops | 57 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Eagle Concrete, Inc. | 57 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Centennial Contractors of the Quad Cities, Inc. | 57 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Heritage Carpentry, Inc. | 57 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | College Oak Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | 11.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | University Retirement Community | 11.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Milwaukee Composites, Inc. | 11.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CSA Equipment Company | 11.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | WLS Stamping | 57 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | USA East Elmhurst 23 85 87th St | 57 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | USA South San Francisco 513 Eccles Ave | 57 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Priority Lexus Newport News | 57 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.