Fittings and valves, plumbers', merchant wholesalers · Illinois

The Metraflex Company

Chicago, IL · ~92 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Metraflex Company runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Fittings and valves, plumbers', merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

The Metraflex Company: 1.6 TCR = 73% of Fittings and valves, plumbers', merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Metraflex Company safety composite

The Metraflex Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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

−1.2

2018→2019

The Metraflex Company injury rate improved

The Metraflex Company's TCR fell 1.2 from 2.2 in 2018 to 1.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.2 · 2019=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423720 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 73% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #6/19
  • PHOTO Salem
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~92 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Salem (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Metraflex Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Metraflex Company averages 1.6 TCR (73% of the Fittings and valves, plumbers', merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

The Metraflex Company TCR series: 2018=2.2 · 2019=1 · BLS 2.2

Where The Metraflex Company falls in its industry

853 Fittings and valves, plumbers' establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 19 Fittings and valves, plumbers' employers in Illinois.

The Metraflex Company (92 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate The Metraflex Company
The Metraflex Company (92 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 3.3

The Metraflex Company has more employees than the Fittings and valves, plumbers', merchant median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2019 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2018 2.2 2.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423720 · IL · Chicago

853 Fittings and valves, plumbers', merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in 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 Salem 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ferguson Enterprises LLC: TX La Porte - 1701 South 16th Street Suite 300 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1095 S Rock Blvd 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2551 N Mays St 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Feldco Home Renewal Headquarters 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Graycor Southern Inc. (formerly known as Early Construction Inc.) 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Astec - Sterling 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE LA - Clune Construction Company 92 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR Covanta Camden GP, LLC 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR NBC Sports Group : Golf Channel - Remotes 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Adams County, Ms 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Rutland Nursing Home, INC 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE LANXESS Solutions US Inc. 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE B&B Manufacturing, Inc. 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Covanta Fairfax, Inc. 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE CS Wholesale Grocers : South Hatfield, MA (GDC) 92 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: 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.