Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Illinois

SMS Blue Island

Blue Island, IL · ~24 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SMS Blue Island runs at 192% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

SMS Blue Island: 4.2 TCR = 192% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SMS Blue Island safety composite

SMS Blue Island scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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).

C

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

−2.0

2016→2017

SMS Blue Island injury rate improved

SMS Blue Island's TCR fell 2.0 from 5.2 in 2016 to 3.2 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.2 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.2 · 2017=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Blue Island, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 192% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #34/62
  • PHOTO Universal Recycling …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Universal Recycling Technologies-TX (0.0 TCR gap)

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SMS Blue Island in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SMS Blue Island averages 4.2 TCR (192% 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

SMS Blue Island TCR series: 2016=5.2 · 2017=3.2 · BLS 2.2

Where SMS Blue Island falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 47% 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 #34 safest of 62 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Illinois.

SMS Blue Island (24 employees, TCR 4.2) 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 SMS Blue Island
SMS Blue Island (24 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

SMS Blue Island 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
2017 3.2 0.0 1 0 0
2016 5.2 5.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IL · Blue Island

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 27 employers in Blue Island, 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 Universal Recycling Technologies-TX 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midwest Iron & Metal Company 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sims Limited Monessen, PA Alumisource 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tri-Miss Services 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE C70 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nelson Energy Center 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hecate Grid LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG DeKalb Reporting Center 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR MetroSouth Medical Center 853 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elementary School 505 FTE
CITY-NEAR 130-Chicago South 250 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Magnesium Casting Company 117 FTE
NAT-TCR Giant 6485 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Mankato HQ MNE4 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Bloomington (Inblo) 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Bernhard MCC L.L.C. TN 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Allied Mineral Products - Anniston 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE AEM 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ammon Nursery 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quality Inn & Suites 24 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: 2017, 2016. 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.