Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Omaha Track Chicago

Chicago Heights, IL · ~15 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Omaha Track Chicago runs at 232% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Omaha Track Chicago: 5.1 TCR = 232% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Omaha Track Chicago safety composite

Omaha Track Chicago scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).

F

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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%).

Omaha Track Chicago held a steady TCR band

Omaha Track Chicago's TCR held near 0.3 from 6.7 in 2020 to 7.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=6.7 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=6.9 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=7.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Chicago Heights, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.1 · 232% of ind

  • DART 7.0 DART
  • RANK #43/62
  • PHOTO Clayton County Recyc…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~15 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Clayton County Recycling (0.0 TCR gap)

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Omaha Track Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Omaha Track Chicago averages 5.1 TCR (232% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Omaha Track Chicago TCR series: 2020=6.7 · 2021=0 · 2022=6.9 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=7 · BLS 2.2

Where Omaha Track Chicago falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 62 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Illinois.

Omaha Track Chicago (15 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Omaha Track Chicago
Omaha Track Chicago (15 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Omaha Track Chicago has fewer employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 7.0 7.0 1 0 0
2023 4.9 4.9 1 0 0
2022 6.9 6.9 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 6.7 6.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IL · Chicago Heights

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 82 employers in Chicago Heights, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Clayton County Recycling 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR SLM Recycling Inc 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Venture Metals 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR CFC RECYCLEING 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gingerich Farms Partnership 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chadco, Inc 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Illinois Electrical Coop 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE D7 Greenup Yard 15 FTE
CITY-NEAR 309 CHICAGO 1,341 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHICAGO STMP 1,226 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6284-YR-309 RX 827 FTE
CITY-NEAR CGT 581 FTE
NAT-TCR Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR S09989 - Austin South 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR JAX 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Fairfield Inn & Suites 5.1 TCR

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, 2020. 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.