Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Mervis Iron & Metal

Danville, IL · ~53 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mervis Iron & Metal runs at 259% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Mervis Iron & Metal: 5.7 TCR = 259% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mervis Iron & Metal safety composite

Mervis Iron & Metal scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−2.8

2016→2024

Mervis Iron & Metal injury rate improved

Mervis Iron & Metal's TCR fell 2.8 from 7.8 in 2016 to 4.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.8 · 2017=3.4 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=8.8 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=4.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Danville, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.7 · 259% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #48/62
  • PHOTO CMC Recycling Beaum…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 32 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CMC Recycling Beaumont (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mervis Iron & Metal in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mervis Iron & Metal averages 5.7 TCR (259% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Mervis Iron & Metal TCR series: 2016=7.8 · 2017=3.4 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=8.8 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=4.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Mervis Iron & Metal falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 62 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Illinois.

Mervis Iron & Metal (53 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Mervis Iron & Metal
Mervis Iron & Metal (53 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Mervis Iron & Metal has more employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 4.9 0.0 3 0 0
2023 3.1 1.6 2 0 0
2022 6.3 1.6 4 0 0
2021 6.7 3.4 4 0 0
2020 8.8 8.8 6 0 0
2019 5.9 4.5 4 0 0
2018 4.3 4.3 3 0 0
2017 3.4 3.4 2 0 0
2016 7.8 5.8 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IL · Danville

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 112 employers in Danville, 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 CMC Recycling Beaumont 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sprout Texas 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Daveco, Inc. 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Green Bay Recycling Plant 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Flamm Orchards Inc 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer Princeton IL Research-PRI2 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2505-Mason City, IL 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prairie State Generating Company - Corporate Office 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR MIDWEST 785 FTE
CITY-NEAR KIK Custom Products 548 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sacred Heart Medical Center 540 FTE
CITY-NEAR CC 300625 DANVILLE PLT 525 FTE
NAT-TCR 33 Midcoast Road 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Plaskolite West, LLC 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Rehabilitation Center of Allison 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Redner's Warehouse Market Pennside 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Independent's Service Company - Market Street 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stoneway Electric Supply-Br 206 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marathon Courtyard 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE SUSSC Susquehanna Service Center 53 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, 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.