Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Illinois

SMS Burnham

Burnham, IL · ~113 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SMS Burnham runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

SMS Burnham: 1.9 TCR = 85% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SMS Burnham safety composite

SMS Burnham scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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%).

SMS Burnham held a steady TCR band

SMS Burnham's TCR held near 0.1 from 1.9 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.9 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.9 · 2017=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 1.9 · 85% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #12/62
  • PHOTO SA Recycling, Savannah
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~113 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SA Recycling, Savannah (0.0 TCR gap)

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SMS Burnham in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SMS Burnham averages 1.9 TCR (85% 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 Burnham TCR series: 2016=1.9 · 2017=1.8 · BLS 2.2

Where SMS Burnham falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 76% 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 #12 safest of 62 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Illinois.

SMS Burnham (113 employees, TCR 1.9) 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 SMS Burnham
SMS Burnham (113 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

SMS Burnham 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
2017 1.8 1.8 2 0 0
2016 1.9 1.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IL · Burnham

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 6 employers in Burnham, 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 SA Recycling, Savannah 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR SA Recycling, Davie 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR ER2 Mesa 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Versatile Processing Group / Utility Recycle Services 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rock Island Service Building 113 FTE
STATE-SIZE Four Rivers Sanitation Authority 113 FTE
STATE-SIZE Graycor Construction Company Inc. 113 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bennett & Brosseau Roofing, Inc. 113 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mr. Bult's Inc. 1,324 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHGO - 100, 120, 125, 130 188 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bria Of River Oaks 187 FTE
CITY-NEAR JRG Transport 37 FTE
NAT-TCR Emco Wheaton Retail Corp. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 0346 - Hialeah, Fl 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR HBSHSENC20 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Oldcastle OPI - Raleigh 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE ADS Ludlow 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE J.a.B & Co. Inc 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stop & Shop 100578 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Bruery, LLC 113 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.

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

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