Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Illinois

Lb Metals LLC

Harvey, IL · ~185 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lb Metals LLC runs at 157% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Lb Metals LLC: 5.2 TCR = 157% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lb Metals LLC safety composite

Lb Metals LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

−1.9

2018→2024

Lb Metals LLC injury rate improved

Lb Metals LLC's TCR fell 1.9 from 6.0 in 2018 to 4.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.0 · 2019=3.0 · 2021=4.9 · 2022=8.8 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Harvey, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 157% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #30/51
  • PHOTO TrueNorth Steel-Mandan
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 62 inj
  • SIZE ~185 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TrueNorth Steel-Mandan (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lb Metals LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lb Metals LLC averages 5.2 TCR (157% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Lb Metals LLC TCR series: 2018=6 · 2019=3 · 2021=4.9 · 2022=8.8 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Lb Metals LLC falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 51 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Illinois.

Lb Metals LLC (185 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Lb Metals LLC
Lb Metals LLC (185 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Lb Metals LLC has more employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 4.2 4.2 7 0 0
2023 4.1 4.1 8 0 0
2022 8.8 8.8 17 0 0
2021 4.9 4.9 10 0 0
2019 3.0 3.0 7 0 0
2018 6.0 6.0 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · IL · Harvey

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 35 employers in Harvey, 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 TrueNorth Steel-Mandan 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR McLaughlin Body Company - East Moline 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR JHI Group / Firelands Fab 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SEABOX Hillsborough 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE City of Fairview Heights 185 FTE
STATE-SIZE Teutopolis 185 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gonnella Baking Company 185 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mondelez Global, LLC Naperville Plant 185 FTE
CITY-NEAR INGALLS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 2,315 FTE
CITY-NEAR INGALLS HEALTH SYSTEMS 1,210 FTE
CITY-NEAR US041: Allied - Harvey 800 FTE
CITY-NEAR Allied Tube & Conduit Harvey Il 700 FTE
NAT-TCR Baptist Health Medical Center - Hot Spring County 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Springfield 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR IAC001 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Runnings of Gloversville 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE EPIC 185 FTE
NAT-SIZE 72 - Phoenix 185 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sentry Equipment Corp 185 FTE
NAT-SIZE Paslin, Cherry Creek 185 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, 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.