Drawing iron or steel wire from purchased iron or steel · Illinois
Taubensee Steel & Wire Wheeling Plant
Wheeling, IL · ~123 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Taubensee Steel & Wire Wheeling Plant runs at 191% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Drawing iron or steel wire from purchased iron or steel workplace, earning a grade D.
Taubensee Steel & Wire Wheeling Plant: 6.3 TCR = 191% of Drawing iron or steel wire from purchased iron or steel BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Taubensee Steel & Wire Wheeling Plant safety composite
Taubensee Steel & Wire Wheeling Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 36%), 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).
48/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 6.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.65 per 100 workers
Safer than 60% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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
2021→2024
Taubensee Steel & Wire Wheeling Plant injury rate improved
Taubensee Steel & Wire Wheeling Plant's TCR fell 2.0 from 6.1 in 2021 to 4.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2021=6.1 · 2022=9.3 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=4.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331222 · Wheeling, IL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 191% of ind
- DART 1.6 DART
- RANK #7/14
- PHOTO Nippon Steel Cold He…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 33 inj
- SIZE ~123 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Nippon Steel Cold Heading Wire Indiana Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)
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Taubensee Steel & Wire Wheeling Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Nippon Steel C
Nippon Steel Cold Heading Wire Indiana Inc.
6.4 TCR
- LABECA - Fergu
LABECA - Ferguson
6.4 TCR
- Wire Mesh Texa
Wire Mesh Texas
6.4 TCR
- This site
Taubensee Steel & Wire Wheeling Plant
6.3 TCR
- Advanced Mater
Advanced Material Development
6.2 TCR
What this shows Taubensee Steel & Wire Wheeling Plant averages 6.3 TCR (191% of the Drawing iron or steel wire from purchased iron or steel BLS benchmark).
Taubensee Steel & Wire Wheeling Plant TCR series: 2021=6.1 · 2022=9.3 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=4.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Taubensee Steel & Wire Wheeling Plant falls in its industry
163 Drawing iron or steel wire fro establishmentsSafer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 14 Drawing iron or steel wire fro employers in Illinois.
Taubensee Steel & Wire Wheeling Plant has more employees than the Drawing iron or steel wire from purchase median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9.3 | 4.3 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331222 · IL · Wheeling
163 Drawing iron or steel wire from purchased iron or steel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 136 employers in Wheeling, 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 | Nippon Steel Cold Heading Wire Indiana Inc. | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | LABECA - Ferguson | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wire Mesh Texas | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Advanced Material Development | 6.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | City of Oak Forest - Public Works | 123 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | D.R. Horton, Inc. - Midwest (Chicago) | 123 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Reyes Group Ltd | 123 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Iroquois Paving Corporation | 123 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | IL-01 | 4,581 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wheeling School District 21 | 967 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Main Office - 01 | 800 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Response Team 1 | 728 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Grain Craft LA | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Plochman | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ames Center for Digital Commerce (ACDC) | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | PF MPW SNF Ops, LLC | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Alloy Surfaces Company Inc. | 123 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trader Joe's 0792 Franklin | 123 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Premier Marine, LLC | 123 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 8027604 Heartland Automotive | 123 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.