Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing · Illinois

Metalex - South

Libertyville, IL · ~105 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metalex - South runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Metalex - South: 4.6 TCR = 139% of Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metalex - South safety composite

Metalex - South scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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%).

Metalex - South held a steady TCR band

Metalex - South's TCR held near 0.0 from 4.6 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.6 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.6 · 2017=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Libertyville, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 139% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #34/54
  • PHOTO Volunteer Metal Syst…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~105 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Volunteer Metal Systems, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Metalex - South in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metalex - South averages 4.6 TCR (139% of the Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Metalex - South TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2017=4.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Metalex - South falls in its industry

1,158 Ducts, sheet metal, manufactur establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 54 Ducts, sheet metal, manufactur employers in Illinois.

Metalex - South (105 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Metalex - South
Metalex - South (105 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Metalex - South has more employees than the Ducts, sheet metal, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2017 4.6 1.8 5 0 0
2016 4.6 1.5 3 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · IL · Libertyville

1,158 Ducts, sheet metal, 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 Volunteer Metal Systems, LLC 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Enterprise Welding & Fabricating 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ware Industries d.b.a. Marino Ware 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Walt Dittmer & Sons, Inc 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2099-Waterman, IL-STC (Monsanto Co.) 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE Becknell Services LLC 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE G.M. Sipes Construction, Inc. 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bay Valley Fooods 105 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 N and R of Monticello Inc 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Pandrol 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR AR-West Memphis-Operating Center 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Plainfield - Ford 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Stop & Shop 100537 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE Doyles Wholesale 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kirlin Builders 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Bay Center 105 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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