Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers · Illinois

S & S International, Inc.

Carol Stream, IL · ~88 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

S & S International, Inc. runs at 457% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

S & S International, Inc.: 10.1 TCR = 457% of Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

S & S International, Inc. safety composite

S & S International, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−5.2

2017→2024

S & S International, Inc. injury rate improved

S & S International, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.2 from 16.4 in 2017 to 11.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 16.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=16.4 · 2018=12.9 · 2019=11.1 · 2020=6.8 · 2021=10.7 · 2022=1.4 · 2024=11.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Carol Stream, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.1 · 457% of ind

  • DART 6.1 DART
  • RANK #99/107
  • PHOTO Terra Tech Services …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 109 inj
  • SIZE ~88 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Terra Tech Services Glendive (0.0 TCR gap)

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S & S International, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows S & S International, Inc. averages 10.1 TCR (457% of the Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

S & S International, Inc. TCR series: 2017=16.4 · 2018=12.9 · 2019=11.1 · 2020=6.8 · 2021=10.7 · 2022=1.4 · 2024=11.1 · BLS 2.2

Where S & S International, Inc. falls in its industry

1,299 Metal products (e.g., bars, in establishments

Safer than 9% 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 #99 safest of 107 Metal products (e.g., bars, in employers in Illinois.

S & S International, Inc. (88 employees, TCR 10.1) 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 S & S International, Inc.
S & S International, Inc. (88 employees, TCR 10.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

S & S International, Inc. has more employees than the Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plat 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 11.1 6.1 11 0 0
2022 1.4 0.8 19 0 0
2021 10.7 9.1 13 0 0
2020 6.8 4.5 9 0 0
2019 11.1 7.4 15 0 0
2018 12.9 8.3 17 0 0
2017 16.4 11.8 25 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IL · Carol Stream

1,299 Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 170 employers in Carol Stream, 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 Terra Tech Services Glendive 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Geneva-Liberty Steel 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Boyd Metals of Fort Smith 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR state steel supply OM 10.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE ENGIE Distributed Solar and Storage 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE 72E - Western N - IL Electric Ops 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Western N - IL Electric Ops 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Crystal Lake Reporting Center 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group 2,151 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Litho, Inc. 1,657 FTE
CITY-NEAR 161275-CAROL STREAM IL P&DC 960 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hearthside Foods - Carol Stream 853 FTE
NAT-TCR Big R of Falcon, Inc. 10.1 TCR
NAT-TCR WK Construction Co., Inc. 10.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Terra Tech Services Glendive 10.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Vision Ace Hardware, Arcadia 10.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cranberry Township 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jordan Innovative Fabrication 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aurologistics 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Universal Development & Construction LLC 88 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.