Metals service centers · Illinois

Olympic Steel-Schaumburg

Schaumburg, IL · ~65 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Olympic Steel-Schaumburg runs at 205% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade F.

Olympic Steel-Schaumburg: 4.5 TCR = 205% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Olympic Steel-Schaumburg safety composite

Olympic Steel-Schaumburg scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−0.4

2023→2024

Olympic Steel-Schaumburg injury rate improved

Olympic Steel-Schaumburg's TCR fell 0.4 from 4.7 in 2023 to 4.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=4.7 · 2024=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Schaumburg, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.5 · 205% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #63/107
  • PHOTO Metals USA
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Metals USA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Olympic Steel-Schaumburg in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Olympic Steel-Schaumburg averages 4.5 TCR (205% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

Olympic Steel-Schaumburg TCR series: 2023=4.7 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Olympic Steel-Schaumburg falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 41% 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 #63 safest of 107 Metals service centers employers in Illinois.

Olympic Steel-Schaumburg (65 employees, TCR 4.5) 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 Olympic Steel-Schaumburg
Olympic Steel-Schaumburg (65 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Olympic Steel-Schaumburg has more employees than the Metals service centers 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
2024 4.3 2.9 3 0 0
2023 4.7 4.7 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IL · Schaumburg

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 246 employers in Schaumburg, 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 Metals USA 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jemison Metals - Madison Heights 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Process Steel, L.P. Alsip 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 011 Pittsburgh, PA 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience McLeansboro Production 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bluff City Materials - Corporate Office 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vector Services 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Yorkville Reporting Center 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6354-OFFS 3,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District No. 54 2,876 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nation Pizza & Foods (Schaumburg) 1,320 FTE
CITY-NEAR IL02 1,301 FTE
NAT-TCR Glenn Metalcraft, Inc 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Grob Inc. 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Elyria 10165 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Austin Engineering Co., Inc. 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Grove Care and Wellness 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advanced Custom Cabinets, LLC 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southfield 10070 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eveland's Inc. 65 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.