Metals service centers · Indiana

Plateplus East Chicago

East Chicago, IN · ~44 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Plateplus East Chicago runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade B.

Plateplus East Chicago: 1.5 TCR = 67% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Plateplus East Chicago safety composite

Plateplus East Chicago scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−2.6

2017→2022

Plateplus East Chicago injury rate improved

Plateplus East Chicago's TCR fell 2.6 from 2.6 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.6 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.6 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=2.0 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · East Chicago, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.5 · 67% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/75
  • PHOTO BRANCH 51
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BRANCH 51 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Plateplus East Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Plateplus East Chicago averages 1.5 TCR (67% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

Plateplus East Chicago TCR series: 2017=2.6 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=2 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Plateplus East Chicago falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 75 Metals service centers employers in Indiana.

Plateplus East Chicago (44 employees, TCR 1.5) 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 Plateplus East Chicago
Plateplus East Chicago (44 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Plateplus East Chicago has fewer employees than the Metals service centers median and a lower 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2019 2.0 0.0 1 0 0
2018 2.2 0.0 1 0 0
2017 2.6 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IN · East Chicago

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 69 employers in East Chicago, IN · 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 BRANCH 51 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of Indianapolis A Division of the Oscar Winski company 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ryerson 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tube Service - Santa Fe Springs 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2307-Whitestown, IN (Monsanto Co.) 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE RushShelby Energy 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE OCM Engineering, LLC 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michels Power Inc-IN-Rolling Prairie 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arcelormittal Indiana Harbor 3,844 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cleveland-Cliffs - Indiana Harbor 3,192 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ameristar East Chicago 1,371 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ameristar Casino and Hotel East Chicago 1,155 FTE
NAT-TCR HG710 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Winsupply Of Houston TX Co. 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Bright Leaf Place 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Celanese Emulsions Enoree 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Herker Industries - Plant 2 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE HI003 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG195 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG495 44 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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