Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing · Illinois

Star Freeport Company

Freeport, IL · ~48 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Star Freeport Company runs at 254% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Star Freeport Company: 8.4 TCR = 254% of Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Star Freeport Company safety composite

Star Freeport Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−4.3

2019→2024

Star Freeport Company injury rate improved

Star Freeport Company's TCR fell 4.3 from 6.9 in 2019 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 16.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=6.9 · 2020=16.4 · 2021=13.1 · 2022=9.3 · 2023=2.0 · 2024=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332313 · Freeport, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.4 · 254% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #19/21
  • PHOTO SUPER STEEL LLC - Me…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SUPER STEEL LLC - Mequon (0.0 TCR gap)

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Star Freeport Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Star Freeport Company averages 8.4 TCR (254% of the Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Star Freeport Company TCR series: 2019=6.9 · 2020=16.4 · 2021=13.1 · 2022=9.3 · 2023=2 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Star Freeport Company falls in its industry

449 Plate work (e.g., bending, cut establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 21 Plate work (e.g., bending, cut employers in Illinois.

Star Freeport Company (48 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Star Freeport Company
Star Freeport Company (48 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Star Freeport Company has fewer employees than the Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punc median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 2.5 0.0 1 0 0
2023 2.0 2.0 0 1 0
2022 9.3 3.7 5 0 0
2021 13.1 6.5 6 0 0
2020 16.4 14.1 7 0 0
2019 6.9 2.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332313 · IL · Freeport

449 Plate work (e.g., bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding), fabricated metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 74 employers in Freeport, 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 SUPER STEEL LLC - Mequon 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Custom Fabrication, Inc. 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Continental Fabricators, Inc. 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kage Innovation 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE City of Marengo - 04WW 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kirie Water Reclamation Plant 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Focus Development, Inc. 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lennar Multi-Family - Central (Chicago) 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR FHN - Memorial Hospital 1,100 FTE
CITY-NEAR FHN 1,057 FTE
CITY-NEAR Helm Mechanical 842 FTE
CITY-NEAR Honeywell 630 FTE
NAT-TCR Northwest Cannabis Solutions 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 1430 40 Ridge Rd. 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 1434 870 Old Trail Road 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Lakewood (WA) 8.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Altoona Lodging, LLC 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE RMJ Farm Labor Contractor 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chattanooga Service Center 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Abw 3495 48 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.