Metals service centers · Illinois

Northern Illinois Steel Supply Co.

Channahon, IL · ~44 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northern Illinois Steel Supply Co. runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade B.

Northern Illinois Steel Supply Co.: 1.5 TCR = 67% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northern Illinois Steel Supply Co. safety composite

Northern Illinois Steel Supply Co. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Northern Illinois Steel Supply Co.: 0.0 → 2.3 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 4.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.54× in 2024

Northern Illinois Steel Supply Co.'s TCR rose 2.3 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 1.5 · 67% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #9/107
  • PHOTO Tumwater TUM
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tumwater TUM (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northern Illinois Steel Supply Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northern Illinois Steel Supply Co. averages 1.5 TCR (67% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

Northern Illinois Steel Supply Co. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=4.8 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=2.3 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Northern Illinois Steel Supply Co. falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 85% 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 #9 safest of 107 Metals service centers employers in Illinois.

Northern Illinois Steel Supply Co. (44 employees, TCR 1.5) 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 Northern Illinois Steel Supply Co.
Northern Illinois Steel Supply Co. (44 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Northern Illinois Steel Supply Co. has fewer employees than the Metals service centers 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 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2022 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2021 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.8 2.4 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IL · Channahon

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 58 employers in Channahon, 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 Tumwater TUM 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR BRANCH 51 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of Indianapolis A Division of the Oscar Winski company 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ryerson 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Main Office 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2570-Thomasboro, IL (Monsanto Co.) 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eastern Illini Electric Cooperative Paxton Headquarters 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eastern Illini Elec. Coop. Paxton Heaquarters 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - ORD2 949 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - ORD9 947 FTE
CITY-NEAR ExxonMobil Joliet Refinery 619 FTE
CITY-NEAR ExxonMobil Oil Corp., Joliet Refinery 610 FTE
NAT-TCR Turbine Maintenance Group 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Freestone Energy Center 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Lonestar Forming, Inc. - Mableton, GA 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Pittsburg Sc 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Towers 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE King City Transplanting 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Custom Cast Stone, Inc. 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Timberlake Construction Co. Inc. 44 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.