Machine tools, metal cutting, manufacturing · Illinois

Metalex, LLC

Libertyville, IL · ~121 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metalex, LLC runs at 228% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Machine tools, metal cutting, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Metalex, LLC: 7.5 TCR = 228% of Machine tools, metal cutting, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metalex, LLC safety composite

Metalex, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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).

F

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Metalex, LLC: 4.4 → 10.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 10.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.24× in 2024

Metalex, LLC's TCR rose 6.2 from 4.4 in 2023 to 10.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333517 · Libertyville, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.5 · 228% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #29/35
  • PHOTO Sanborn Tube Sales o…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~121 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sanborn Tube Sales of WI, INC (0.1 TCR gap)

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Metalex, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metalex, LLC averages 7.5 TCR (228% of the Machine tools, metal cutting, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Metalex, LLC TCR series: 2023=4.4 · 2024=10.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Metalex, LLC falls in its industry

391 Machine tools, metal cutting, establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

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 35 Machine tools, metal cutting, employers in Illinois.

Metalex, LLC (121 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Metalex, LLC
Metalex, LLC (121 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Metalex, LLC has more employees than the Machine tools, metal cutting, manufactur median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 10.6 1.8 6 6 0
2023 4.4 1.8 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333517 · IL · Libertyville

391 Machine tools, metal cutting, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 71 employers in Libertyville, 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 Sanborn Tube Sales of WI, INC 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR P/A Industries Inc. 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cambridge Valley Machining Inc 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Global Forming LLC 7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Waterman, IL 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1 Lincoln Center 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aurora 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE MS - East Peoria, IL - 1EPIL 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Condell Medical Center 1,903 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brightstar, US 1,755 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aldridge Electric 1,193 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hollister Incorporated Libertyville 580 FTE
NAT-TCR Rodriguez Plumbing Contractors, Inc. 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Northwest Tool & Manufacturing Inc 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Elizabethtown Ky 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR South Bay Solutions Inc 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Main Office - 02 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6933 Preston Ave Livermore CA 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roper Pump Company 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Johnson Anderson 121 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.