Drawing iron or steel wire from purchased iron or steel · Illinois
Tri Star Metals
Freeport, IL · ~94 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Tri Star Metals runs at 132% 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.
Tri Star Metals: 4.4 TCR = 132% of Drawing iron or steel wire from purchased iron or steel BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Tri Star Metals safety composite
Tri Star Metals scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 56% 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).
53/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.37 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.86 per 100 workers
Safer than 56% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Tri Star Metals: 2.4 → 3.7 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 6.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.43× in 2024
Tri Star Metals's TCR rose 1.4 from 2.4 in 2018 to 3.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331222 · Freeport, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 132% of ind
- DART 1.9 DART
- RANK #6/14
- PHOTO Wire Mesh, LLC
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 26 inj
- SIZE ~94 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Wire Mesh, LLC (0.1 TCR gap)
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Tri Star Metals in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Avionics
Avionics
4.5 TCR
- API Spring
API Spring
4.5 TCR
- This site
Tri Star Metals
4.4 TCR
- Wire Mesh, LLC
Wire Mesh, LLC
4.3 TCR
- Wire Bond - Ch
Wire Bond - Charlotte
4.3 TCR
What this shows Tri Star Metals averages 4.4 TCR (132% of the Drawing iron or steel wire from purchased iron or steel BLS benchmark).
Tri Star Metals TCR series: 2018=2.4 · 2019=6.3 · 2021=3 · 2022=5.6 · 2023=5.3 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Tri Star Metals falls in its industry
163 Drawing iron or steel wire fro establishmentsSafer than 53% 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 #6 safest of 14 Drawing iron or steel wire fro employers in Illinois.
Tri Star Metals has more employees than the Drawing iron or steel wire from purchase median and a lower 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 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.3 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331222 · IL · Freeport
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 · 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 | Wire Mesh, LLC | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Avionics | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | API Spring | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wire Bond - Charlotte | 4.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Assembly | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ABC Humane Wildlife Control & Prevention Inc., DBA Landmark PEst Management | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Geneseo | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | R.A. Cullinan | 94 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 | ES3 LLC : York, PA (GDC) | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Miami-FL | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Post Oak Hotel at Uptown Park | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | VCSS Redding | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | MTS Contracting Inc. | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | S05103 - Apex Waste Services, Inc | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Parkwood Health Care Facility | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | John Bean Technologies Corporation - California | 94 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.