Pig iron merchant wholesalers · Illinois
O'Brien Steel Service - Meta Tec
Lacon, IL · ~45 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 12.8
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
O'Brien Steel Service - Meta Tec runs at 580% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pig iron merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
O'Brien Steel Service - Meta Tec: 12.8 TCR = 580% of Pig iron merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
O'Brien Steel Service - Meta Tec safety composite
O'Brien Steel Service - Meta Tec scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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).
15/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 12.76 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 12.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% 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
O'Brien Steel Service - Meta Tec: 11.7 → 17.3 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 17.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.02× in 2020
O'Brien Steel Service - Meta Tec's TCR rose 5.6 from 11.7 in 2016 to 17.3 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423510 · Lacon, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 12.8 · 580% of ind
- DART 13.0 DART
- RANK #104/107
- PHOTO Colonial Metal Produ…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 31 inj
- SIZE ~45 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Colonial Metal Products (0.0 TCR gap)
Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Illinois employers → · Look up another →
O'Brien Steel Service - Meta Tec in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
O'Brien Steel Service - Meta Tec
12.8 TCR
- Colonial Metal
Colonial Metal Products
12.8 TCR
- Heidtman Steel
Heidtman Steel Products Inc.-East Chicago
12.8 TCR
- ISSC INC DBA S
ISSC INC DBA SEAPORT STEEL - Vancouver
12.7 TCR
- Location #8
Location #8
12.7 TCR
What this shows O'Brien Steel Service - Meta Tec averages 12.8 TCR (580% of the Pig iron merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
O'Brien Steel Service - Meta Tec TCR series: 2016=11.7 · 2017=9.9 · 2018=14.5 · 2019=10.4 · 2020=17.3 · BLS 2.2
Where O'Brien Steel Service - Meta Tec falls in its industry
1,299 Pig iron merchant wholesalers establishmentsSafer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #104 safest of 107 Pig iron merchant wholesalers employers in Illinois.
O'Brien Steel Service - Meta Tec has more employees than the Pig iron 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 | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 17.3 | 13.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10.4 | 8.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 14.5 | 8.1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9.9 | 5.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11.7 | 7.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423510 · IL · Lacon
1,299 Pig iron merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 7 employers in Lacon, 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 | Colonial Metal Products | 12.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ISSC INC DBA SEAPORT STEEL - Vancouver | 12.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Heidtman Steel Products Inc.-East Chicago | 12.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Location #8 | 12.7 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 | Lacon Rehab | 143 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lacon Rehab and Nursing | 90 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hardin Industries LLC | 52 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | O'Brien Steel Service- Lacon | 51 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | FAA Work Project | 12.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Clyde Machines | 12.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Weather Shield Mfg Inc -- Glass Plant 03 | 12.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lewiston Store | 12.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Location 1 | 45 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Morningside of Jonesboro | 45 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ANCMG Cancer | 45 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Peacock Hyundai Columbia | 45 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.