Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Sims Limited Paulina

Chcago, IL · ~117 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sims Limited Paulina runs at 27% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

Sims Limited Paulina: 0.6 TCR = 27% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sims Limited Paulina safety composite

Sims Limited Paulina scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% 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

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−1.2

2023→2024

Sims Limited Paulina injury rate improved

Sims Limited Paulina's TCR fell 1.2 from 1.2 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=1.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Chcago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 27% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/62
  • PHOTO Sims Metal Managemen…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~117 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sims Metal Management - Redwood City, CA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sims Limited Paulina in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sims Limited Paulina averages 0.6 TCR (27% 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

Sims Limited Paulina TCR series: 2023=1.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Sims Limited Paulina falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 97% 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 #3 safest of 62 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Illinois.

Sims Limited Paulina (117 employees, TCR 0.6) 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 050100150 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Sims Limited Paulina
Sims Limited Paulina (117 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Sims Limited Paulina has more employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 1.2 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IL · Chcago

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 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 Sims Metal Management - Redwood City, CA 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pratt Recycling, Inc. - Atlanta 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Columbus (SSE) 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SMM Group SMR Palm Beach 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2508-Waterman, IL 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE 01 - Walsh Construction Company 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE Facebook DKL 3|5|6 21120003 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allied Power Services - Exelon, Byron Station 117 FTE
NAT-TCR Springhill Suites Boston Andover 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Zook Enterprises, LLC 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR WelMart, Inc. 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Olsson Industrial Electric 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE G & J Heavy Haul, Inc. 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nico Products 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Liberty Elementary 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Haskells Hardware LLC 117 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.

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