Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Liebovich Steel & Aluminum

Rockford, IL · ~320 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Liebovich Steel & Aluminum runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Liebovich Steel & Aluminum: 1.9 TCR = 85% of Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Liebovich Steel & Aluminum safety composite

Liebovich Steel & Aluminum scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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

−2.2

2016→2022

Liebovich Steel & Aluminum injury rate improved

Liebovich Steel & Aluminum's TCR fell 2.2 from 3.4 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.4 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Rockford, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 1.9 · 85% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #17/107
  • PHOTO SHAQ, Inc - Powder S…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 45 inj
  • SIZE ~320 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SHAQ, Inc - Powder Springs (0.0 TCR gap)

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Liebovich Steel & Aluminum in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Liebovich Steel & Aluminum averages 1.9 TCR (85% of the Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Liebovich Steel & Aluminum TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=1.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Liebovich Steel & Aluminum falls in its industry

1,299 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesal establishments

Safer than 80% 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 #17 safest of 107 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesal employers in Illinois.

Liebovich Steel & Aluminum (320 employees, TCR 1.9) 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Liebovich Steel & Aluminum
Liebovich Steel & Aluminum (320 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Liebovich Steel & Aluminum has more employees than the Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers 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
2022 1.2 0.9 4 0 0
2021 1.3 1.0 4 0 0
2020 1.3 1.3 4 0 0
2019 1.6 0.8 6 0 0
2018 2.9 1.4 10 0 0
2017 1.4 0.0 5 0 0
2016 3.4 0.0 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IL · Rockford

1,299 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 405 employers in Rockford, 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 SHAQ, Inc - Powder Springs 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Earle M Jorgensen Co 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metals USA Plates and Shapes 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bralco Metals 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE 3 Lincoln Center 320 FTE
STATE-SIZE Swissport Cargo Services - Ops 1 - ORD CGO 1 320 FTE
STATE-SIZE ORD-SPUSA 320 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coal City School District 320 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILRKF - ROCKFORD AIR HUB 2,634 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swedish American Hospital - 4800 2,629 FTE
CITY-NEAR PCI Pharma Services Rockford 2,175 FTE
CITY-NEAR SwedishAmerican Hospital 1,855 FTE
NAT-TCR Materials Marketing Corporate 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Intermountain STIHL 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Prescott Operations Center 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Zero Zone, Inc.-Pewaukee 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE TexasBit 320 FTE
NAT-SIZE National Steak Processors LLC 320 FTE
NAT-SIZE Omaha NE (6 Cag Dr) 320 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tempus Unlimited 320 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 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.