Smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary · Illinois

Metal Management Midwest, Inc (dba Sims Precious Metals)

Franklin Park, IL · ~33 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metal Management Midwest, Inc (dba Sims Precious Metals) runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary workplace, earning a grade A.

Metal Management Midwest, Inc (dba Sims Precious Metals): 1.5 TCR = 45% of Smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metal Management Midwest, Inc (dba Sims Precious Metals) safety composite

Metal Management Midwest, Inc (dba Sims Precious Metals) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

C

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Metal Management Midwest, Inc (dba Sims Precious Metals): 0.0 → 2.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.9 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2024

Metal Management Midwest, Inc (dba Sims Precious Metals)'s TCR rose 2.9 from 0.0 in 2023 to 2.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331492 · Franklin Park, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 45% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #3/10
  • PHOTO JohnsonMfg
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: JohnsonMfg (0.0 TCR gap)

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Metal Management Midwest, Inc (dba Sims Precious Metals) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metal Management Midwest, Inc (dba Sims Precious Metals) averages 1.5 TCR (45% of the Smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary BLS benchmark).

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

Metal Management Midwest, Inc (dba Sims Precious Metals) TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Metal Management Midwest, Inc (dba Sims Precious Metals) falls in its industry

132 Smelting and refining of nonfe 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 #3 safest of 10 Smelting and refining of nonfe employers in Illinois.

Metal Management Midwest, Inc (dba Sims Precious Metals) (33 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Metal Management Midwest, Inc (dba Sims Precious Metals)
Metal Management Midwest, Inc (dba Sims Precious Metals) (33 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Metal Management Midwest, Inc (dba Sims Precious Metals) has fewer employees than the Smelting and refining of nonferrous meta 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 2.9 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331492 · IL · Franklin Park

132 Smelting and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), secondary employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 127 employers in Franklin Park, 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 JohnsonMfg 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jostens - Owatonna STN 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dillon Gage Refinery 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR ESM GROUP INC. - KINGSBURY, IN 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE PharmaCann Dwight 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Konos 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mendota Farm Shop 208 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE NRG Will County Generating Station 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILFRA - FRANKLIN PARK HUB 799 FTE
CITY-NEAR FRANKLIN PARK HUB (ILFRA) 740 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sloan Franklin Park 709 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hill Mechanical Corp 703 FTE
NAT-TCR Hobbs 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Magnetic Sensors Corporation 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Tyler 10520 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR East Providence 10202 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Yoderbilt, LLC 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mnowa - Owatonna 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Prmay - Mayaguez Center 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nmcar - Carlsbad Center 33 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.