Erecting structural steel · Illinois

Metropolitan Steel, Inc.

Lansing, IL · ~65 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metropolitan Steel, Inc. runs at 240% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Erecting structural steel workplace, earning a grade F.

Metropolitan Steel, Inc.: 6.7 TCR = 240% of Erecting structural steel BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metropolitan Steel, Inc. safety composite

Metropolitan Steel, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−2.0

2017→2019

Metropolitan Steel, Inc. injury rate improved

Metropolitan Steel, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.0 from 7.7 in 2017 to 5.7 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.7 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.7 · 2019=5.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · Lansing, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 240% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #25/30
  • PHOTO Precision Precast Er…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Precision Precast Erectors (0.0 TCR gap)

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Metropolitan Steel, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metropolitan Steel, Inc. averages 6.7 TCR (240% of the Erecting structural steel BLS benchmark).

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

Metropolitan Steel, Inc. TCR series: 2017=7.7 · 2019=5.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Metropolitan Steel, Inc. falls in its industry

705 Erecting structural steel establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 30 Erecting structural steel employers in Illinois.

Metropolitan Steel, Inc. (65 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Metropolitan Steel, Inc.
Metropolitan Steel, Inc. (65 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Metropolitan Steel, Inc. has more employees than the Erecting structural steel median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2019 5.7 1.9 3 0 0
2017 7.7 2.6 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · IL · Lansing

705 Erecting structural steel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 44 employers in Lansing, 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 Precision Precast Erectors 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thunderbird Contracting 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crane Industrial Service Co. Inc 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spring Branch Memorial 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience McLeansboro Production 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bluff City Materials - Corporate Office 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vector Services 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Yorkville Reporting Center 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2817 414 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2817 400 FTE
CITY-NEAR Silverline Building Products LLC 370 FTE
CITY-NEAR NB Coatings Inc 360 FTE
NAT-TCR Technology Plastics LLC 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Western of Texas Forge & Flange Co. 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR PetersenDean Roofing and Solar Sacramento- Commercial Roofing 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Henges Insulation and Fireplaces 6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE 16th Street Cooperative Corp 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Slippery Rock Univ-Weisenfluh Din (Butler) ** 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Starr Painting & Drywall 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bellevue Healthcare 65 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: 2019, 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.