Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers · Illinois

SRS-West Chicago

West Chicago, IL · ~175 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SRS-West Chicago runs at 44% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

SRS-West Chicago: 1.0 TCR = 44% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SRS-West Chicago safety composite

SRS-West Chicago scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% 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

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% 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

−1.8

2016→2021

SRS-West Chicago injury rate improved

SRS-West Chicago's TCR fell 1.8 from 1.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.8 · 2017=0.7 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 44% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/62
  • PHOTO CMC Recycling Spring…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~175 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CMC Recycling Springfield (0.0 TCR gap)

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SRS-West Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SRS-West Chicago averages 1.0 TCR (44% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

SRS-West Chicago TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=0.7 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.2

Where SRS-West Chicago falls in its industry

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl establishments

Safer than 92% 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 #4 safest of 62 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Illinois.

SRS-West Chicago (175 employees, TCR 1.0) 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 050100150200 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate SRS-West Chicago
SRS-West Chicago (175 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

SRS-West Chicago has more employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.3 1.3 2 0 0
2017 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2016 1.8 1.4 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IL · West Chicago

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 123 employers in West Chicago, 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 CMC Recycling Springfield 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling-Port Allen 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sims Metal Management - Sacramento, CA 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR CMC Recycling Austin 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE DWM-Sawyer Water Purification Plant SWPP | 3300 E. Cheltenham Place 175 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plainfield Central Region 175 FTE
STATE-SIZE CDOT-Electrical Operations Division | 2451 S. Ashland Ave. 175 FTE
STATE-SIZE John Burns Construction Company 175 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Jel Sert Company 830 FTE
CITY-NEAR BALL HORTICULTURAL COMPANY 713 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - SIL3 351 FTE
CITY-NEAR Siemens West Chicago 342 FTE
NAT-TCR Instrumentation : Huntsville 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Buckley Newspapers Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 152 Toledo, OH 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Indianapolis Terminal - NON DOT 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Troy Univ-Troy-Trojan Dining 175 FTE
NAT-SIZE Entergy West Monroe 175 FTE
NAT-SIZE Greenwood Ofc/Whse 175 FTE
NAT-SIZE Meridian Williamsburg Acquisition Partners, LP 175 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: 2021, 2020, 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.