Metals service centers · Illinois

Northwest Steel

Franklin Park, IL · ~45 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northwest Steel runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade D.

Northwest Steel: 3.4 TCR = 153% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northwest Steel safety composite

Northwest Steel scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% 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).

D

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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

Northwest Steel: 0.0 → 1.7 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 7.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.51× in 2024

Northwest Steel's TCR rose 1.7 from 0.0 in 2021 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Franklin Park, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.4 · 153% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #44/107
  • PHOTO JM Steel - Sinton TX
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: JM Steel - Sinton TX (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northwest Steel in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northwest Steel averages 3.4 TCR (153% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

Northwest Steel TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=7.4 · 2023=4.3 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Northwest Steel falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 55% 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 #44 safest of 107 Metals service centers employers in Illinois.

Northwest Steel (45 employees, TCR 3.4) 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 Northwest Steel
Northwest Steel (45 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Northwest Steel has more 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 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2023 4.3 4.3 2 0 0
2022 7.4 7.4 5 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IL · Franklin Park

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 127 employers in Franklin Park, 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 JM Steel - Sinton TX 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jonesburg 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR UP 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yarde Metals, Inc.: Ohio 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1982.1-Stonington, IL-Mfg (Monsanto Co.) 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farmer City 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE 91P - Distribution Operating - Decatur 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Sparta 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILFRA - FRANKLIN PARK HUB 799 FTE
CITY-NEAR FRANKLIN PARK HUB (ILFRA) 740 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sloan Franklin Park 709 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hill Mechanical Corp 703 FTE
NAT-TCR Quality Production Services, Inc 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Norcal Last Mile 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR iwis mechatronics, Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Heritage House of Portage 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sterling Engineering 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Symphony Manor at Roland Park 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sears Contract, Inc. - Charlotte 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arch Electric 45 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. 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.