Steel merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Metals USA Northbrook

Northbrook, IL · ~68 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metals USA Northbrook runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Steel merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Metals USA Northbrook: 1.3 TCR = 61% of Steel merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metals USA Northbrook safety composite

Metals USA Northbrook scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−2.5

2017→2023

Metals USA Northbrook injury rate improved

Metals USA Northbrook's TCR fell 2.5 from 2.5 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.5 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Northbrook, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.3 · 61% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/107
  • PHOTO Branch 52
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Branch 52 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Metals USA Northbrook in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metals USA Northbrook averages 1.3 TCR (61% of the Steel merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Metals USA Northbrook TCR series: 2017=2.5 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=0 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Metals USA Northbrook falls in its industry

1,299 Steel merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 88% 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 #7 safest of 107 Steel merchant wholesalers employers in Illinois.

Metals USA Northbrook (68 employees, TCR 1.3) 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Metals USA Northbrook
Metals USA Northbrook (68 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Metals USA Northbrook has more employees than the Steel 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.5 0.0 1 0 0
2019 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2018 2.5 2.5 2 0 0
2017 2.5 1.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IL · Northbrook

1,299 Steel merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 122 employers in Northbrook, 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 Branch 52 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Phoenix Metals Company Location #50 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unit Liner Company 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Copper & Brass Sales 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fernlea Nurseries -MAG 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva STJ1 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2057-Centralia, IL 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG Rockford Service Center 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR Astellas Pharma US 1,228 FTE
CITY-NEAR Astellas Pharma Global Development 908 FTE
CITY-NEAR Astellas US LLC 896 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILNOR - NORTHBROOK 780 FTE
NAT-TCR Mahar Tool Supply Company Inc - Saginaw 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Yarringtion Mills 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Portland Rivergate 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR W&W|AFCO Steel Little Rock 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mahar Tool Supply Company Inc - Sterling Heights 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE D&A Glass 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE ITT Engineered Valves LLC 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE El2 - Elections 68 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.