Metals service centers · Illinois

Lakeside Metals Plant

Chicago, IL · ~48 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lakeside Metals Plant runs at 534% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade F.

Lakeside Metals Plant: 11.7 TCR = 534% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lakeside Metals Plant safety composite

Lakeside Metals Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−9.3

2018→2024

Lakeside Metals Plant injury rate improved

Lakeside Metals Plant's TCR fell 9.3 from 17.2 in 2018 to 8.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 17.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=17.2 · 2019=6.0 · 2020=8.0 · 2021=11.9 · 2022=15.1 · 2023=16.0 · 2024=8.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 11.7 · 534% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #101/107
  • PHOTO Eastern Metal Supply…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 39 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Eastern Metal Supply Newark (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lakeside Metals Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lakeside Metals Plant averages 11.7 TCR (534% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

Lakeside Metals Plant TCR series: 2018=17.2 · 2019=6 · 2020=8 · 2021=11.9 · 2022=15.1 · 2023=16 · 2024=8 · BLS 2.2

Where Lakeside Metals Plant falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 5% 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 #101 safest of 107 Metals service centers employers in Illinois.

Lakeside Metals Plant (48 employees, TCR 11.7) 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 Lakeside Metals Plant
Lakeside Metals Plant (48 employees, TCR 11.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Lakeside Metals Plant has more employees than the Metals service centers 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 8.0 0.0 4 0 0
2023 16.0 2.0 6 2 0
2022 15.1 5.7 7 1 0
2021 11.9 4.0 6 0 0
2020 8.0 2.0 4 0 0
2019 6.0 2.0 3 0 0
2018 17.2 11.5 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IL · Chicago

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, 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 Eastern Metal Supply Newark 11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Performance Metals - CHI 11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northwest Pipe Fittings - Rapid City,SD 11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jemison Metals - Gadsden 11.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE City of Marengo - 04WW 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kirie Water Reclamation Plant 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Focus Development, Inc. 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lennar Multi-Family - Central (Chicago) 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR TXD065 11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR COD005 11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Recology San Francisco 11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Darlington Plant 11.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE MTB Transport Birmingham, AL 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Great Plumbers 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spring Green 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE SF - 815 Buena Vista West, SF 48 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. 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.