Recovering and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) from scrap · Illinois

Mid-States Recycling & Refining

Des Plaines, IL · ~25 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mid-States Recycling & Refining runs at 19% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Recovering and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) from scrap workplace, earning a grade A.

Mid-States Recycling & Refining: 0.6 TCR = 19% of Recovering and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) from scrap BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mid-States Recycling & Refining safety composite

Mid-States Recycling & Refining scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% 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

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

Mid-States Recycling & Refining held a steady TCR band

Mid-States Recycling & Refining's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331492 · Des Plaines, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 19% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/10
  • PHOTO Gladieux Metals Recy…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gladieux Metals Recycling Freeport (0.1 TCR gap)

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Mid-States Recycling & Refining in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mid-States Recycling & Refining averages 0.6 TCR (19% of the Recovering and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) from scrap BLS benchmark).

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

Mid-States Recycling & Refining TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Mid-States Recycling & Refining falls in its industry

132 Recovering and refining of non establishments

Safer than 96% 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 #1 safest of 10 Recovering and refining of non employers in Illinois.

Mid-States Recycling & Refining (25 employees, TCR 0.6) 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 Mid-States Recycling & Refining
Mid-States Recycling & Refining (25 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Mid-States Recycling & Refining has fewer employees than the Recovering and refining of nonferrous me 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 4.4 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331492 · IL · Des Plaines

132 Recovering and refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) from scrap employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 174 employers in Des Plaines, 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 Gladieux Metals Recycling Freeport 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Umicore EOM 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ATI Specialty Materials - Monroe 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ATI Powder Metals - Oakdale 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Emerald Mound Lebanon Fire Department 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Steve Piper and Sons, Inc 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - IL Meter Services North 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Headquarters 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Illinois Bone & Joint Institute 2,172 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rivers Casino 1,705 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Plaines Campus 1,245 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Plaines (IL36) 1,200 FTE
NAT-TCR Casio America, Inc. - Dover 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Forney Power Plant 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR S06717 - Raleigh MRF 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Barletta Engineering Corp. 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Smg Warrington LLC 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Social Vocational Services 223 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Social Vocational Service 224 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Social Vocational Services 225 25 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.