Poles, metal, merchant wholesalers · Illinois

OBrien Steel Service

Name: OBrien Steel Service Workplace Safety Data
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Peoria, IL · ~179 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.3
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

OBrien Steel Service runs at 285% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Poles, metal, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

OBrien Steel Service: 6.3 TCR = 285% of Poles, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

OBrien Steel Service safety composite

OBrien Steel Service scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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).

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.0

2016→2020

OBrien Steel Service injury rate improved

OBrien Steel Service's TCR fell 2.0 from 7.3 in 2016 to 5.4 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.3 · 2017=8.0 · 2018=7.3 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=5.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Peoria, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.3 · 285% of ind

DART 4.8 DART
RANK #82/107
PHOTO Eastern Metal Supply…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 57 inj
SIZE ~179 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Eastern Metal Supply TLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows OBrien Steel Service averages 6.3 TCR (285% of the Poles, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

OBrien Steel Service TCR series: 2016=7.3 · 2017=8 · 2018=7.3 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=5.4 · BLS 2.2

Where OBrien Steel Service falls in its industry

1,299 Poles, metal, merchant wholesa establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #82 safest of 107 Poles, metal, merchant wholesa employers in Illinois.

OBrien Steel Service (179 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

OBrien Steel Service has more employees than the Poles, metal, merchant wholesalers median and a higher 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
2020	5.4	4.8	10	0
2019	3.3	2.8	7	0
2018	7.3	5.9	16	0
2017	8.0	4.3	11	4
2016	7.3	6.2	13	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IL · Peoria

1,299 Poles, metal, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 312 employers in Peoria, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Eastern Metal Supply TLC	WEST PALM BEACH, FL	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Streetsboro Division	STREETSBORO, OH	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Precision Steel Services, Inc.	TOLEDO, OH	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Boyd Metals of Oklahoma City, Inc.	OKLAHOMA CITY, OK	6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	76E - Southern - IL Electric Ops	BELLEVILLE	179 FTE
STATE-SIZE	City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 3300 E Cheltenham Pl	CHICAGO	179 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1038 - Alsip Production	ALSIP	179 FTE
STATE-SIZE	VBC Biorational Research Center	LIBERTYVILLE	179 FTE
CITY-NEAR	OSF Saint Francis Medical Center	Peoria	5,293 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Saint Francis Medical Center	Peoria	5,007 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Health Staff	Peoria	3,911 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Methodist Medical Center	Peoria	2,815 FTE
NAT-TCR	DW Zinser Company, Inc.	Walford, IA	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Vectren Corporation - Boonville/Rockport	Boonville, IN	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Safety Marking Inc. Rhode Island Shop	Richmond, RI	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Western Forge, Inc.	Colorado Springs, CO	6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Uncle Giuseppe's of Massapequa, Inc.	Massapequa, NY	179 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Frank Liquor Company Inc	Middleton, WI	179 FTE
NAT-SIZE	R-Anell Housing Group, LLC	Cherryville, NC	179 FTE
NAT-SIZE	James Hardie Building Products Inc. - Waxahachie	Waxahachie, TX	179 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: 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.