Armor plate made in iron and steel mills · Illinois

Nucor Steel Kankakee, Inc.

Bourbonnais, IL · ~360 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nucor Steel Kankakee, Inc. runs at 30% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Armor plate made in iron and steel mills workplace, earning a grade A.

Nucor Steel Kankakee, Inc.: 1.0 TCR = 30% of Armor plate made in iron and steel mills BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nucor Steel Kankakee, Inc. safety composite

Nucor Steel Kankakee, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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

−1.2

2016→2022

Nucor Steel Kankakee, Inc. injury rate improved

Nucor Steel Kankakee, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.2 from 2.1 in 2016 to 0.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.1 · 2017=0.6 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=0.1 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331110 · Bourbonnais, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 30% of ind

  • DART 0.2 DART
  • RANK #8/28
  • PHOTO L & N INDUSTRIES, INC.
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~360 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: L & N INDUSTRIES, INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nucor Steel Kankakee, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nucor Steel Kankakee, Inc. averages 1.0 TCR (30% of the Armor plate made in iron and steel mills BLS benchmark).

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

Nucor Steel Kankakee, Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=0.6 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=0.1 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=0.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Nucor Steel Kankakee, Inc. falls in its industry

416 Armor plate made in iron and s establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 28 Armor plate made in iron and s employers in Illinois.

Nucor Steel Kankakee, Inc. (360 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Nucor Steel Kankakee, Inc.
Nucor Steel Kankakee, Inc. (360 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Nucor Steel Kankakee, Inc. has more employees than the Armor plate made in iron and steel mills median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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
2022 0.9 0.2 4 0 0
2021 0.9 0.5 4 0 0
2020 0.8 0.8 3 0 0
2019 0.1 0.1 3 0 0
2018 1.4 0.6 5 0 0
2017 0.6 0.6 2 0 0
2016 2.1 1.2 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331110 · IL · Bourbonnais

416 Armor plate made in iron and steel mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 49 employers in Bourbonnais, 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 L & N INDUSTRIES, INC. 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nucor Steel Arkansas 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nucor Steel Marion, Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Phoenix Global Burns Harbor 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Connelly Electric Co. 360 FTE
STATE-SIZE NB Coatings Inc 360 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4531 360 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2231 360 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1307 396 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1307 380 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5472-000002488 170 FTE
CITY-NEAR NAI-0032-0032-02488 FAC-02488-BOURBONNAIS-IL 168 FTE
NAT-TCR Olsson Industrial Electric DBA Garrett Electric 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Charles F. Day & Associates, LLC 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Region 056 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Wild Birds Unlimited 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE DEN-ODFL 360 FTE
NAT-SIZE Diversified Automotive Inc 360 FTE
NAT-SIZE SCRLCA01 360 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aluminum Boats Fort Wayne (Pontoons) 360 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.