Steel merchant wholesalers · Illinois

The Steel Works, LLC

Granite City, IL · ~22 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Steel Works, LLC runs at 557% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Steel merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

The Steel Works, LLC: 12.3 TCR = 557% of Steel merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Steel Works, LLC safety composite

The Steel Works, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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

−15.9

2021→2024

The Steel Works, LLC injury rate improved

The Steel Works, LLC's TCR fell 15.9 from 15.9 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 16.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=15.9 · 2022=16.6 · 2023=16.6 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Granite City, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.3 · 557% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #103/107
  • PHOTO B&M Metals
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: B&M Metals (0.1 TCR gap)

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The Steel Works, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Steel Works, LLC averages 12.3 TCR (557% of the Steel merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

The Steel Works, LLC TCR series: 2021=15.9 · 2022=16.6 · 2023=16.6 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where The Steel Works, LLC falls in its industry

1,299 Steel merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #103 safest of 107 Steel merchant wholesalers employers in Illinois.

The Steel Works, LLC (22 employees, TCR 12.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate The Steel Works, LLC
The Steel Works, LLC (22 employees, TCR 12.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

The Steel Works, LLC has fewer employees than the Steel merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 16.6 8.3 2 0 0
2022 16.6 8.3 2 0 0
2021 15.9 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IL · Granite City

1,299 Steel merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 80 employers in Granite City, 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 B&M Metals 12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR STEEL SERVICES, INC. ASHLAND 12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northwest Steel and Pipe, Inc. 12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Scot Industries - Centralia 12.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tolono Main 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anna Evergreen, LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sunset 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cedarcrest, LLC. 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Granite City Works 976 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amsted Rail Company Inc 797 FTE
CITY-NEAR Granite City Plant 563 FTE
CITY-NEAR icon Mechanical LLC 448 FTE
NAT-TCR JSMM Farms Elgin 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Hall Tank Co. 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Momper Elkhart 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Crowne Health Care of Greenville 12.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE GrowHealthy - Orlando Retail 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE ARCA Neuro Rehabilitation - Galaxia Park NW 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Canoe Brook Ardmore LLC 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Canoe Brook Duncan 22 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. 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.