Metals service centers · Illinois

Lapham-Hickey Steel Corporation

Chicago, IL · ~221 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lapham-Hickey Steel Corporation runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade D.

Lapham-Hickey Steel Corporation: 2.7 TCR = 122% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lapham-Hickey Steel Corporation safety composite

Lapham-Hickey Steel Corporation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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).

C

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

−0.6

2022→2024

Lapham-Hickey Steel Corporation injury rate improved

Lapham-Hickey Steel Corporation's TCR fell 0.6 from 3.5 in 2022 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.93× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.5 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 2.7 · 122% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #29/107
  • PHOTO Delta Steel Inc.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~221 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Delta Steel Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lapham-Hickey Steel Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lapham-Hickey Steel Corporation averages 2.7 TCR (122% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

Lapham-Hickey Steel Corporation TCR series: 2022=3.5 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Lapham-Hickey Steel Corporation falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 66% 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 #29 safest of 107 Metals service centers employers in Illinois.

Lapham-Hickey Steel Corporation (221 employees, TCR 2.7) 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 Lapham-Hickey Steel Corporation
Lapham-Hickey Steel Corporation (221 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Lapham-Hickey Steel Corporation has more employees than the Metals service centers median and a lower 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 2.9 2.5 7 0 0
2023 1.6 0.5 3 0 0
2022 3.5 2.5 7 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 Delta Steel Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR J2 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bedford Heights Division 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Olympic Metals 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE AUSTIN TYLER CONSTRUCTION, INC 221 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wyckles 221 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Imperial - Rockford 221 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5472-NAI-0032-0032-00080 221 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 0000000040 Meade Street Skilled Nursing 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Whites Lumber Inc Watertown 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Americold Logistics, LLC: Atlanta Gateway2 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Henry Plumbing Company Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE ShopRite of Williamstown 221 FTE
NAT-SIZE FSC II, LLC dba Fred Smith Company- East Division 221 FTE
NAT-SIZE Prime Source Foods 221 FTE
NAT-SIZE Westminster Village 221 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. 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.