Strip, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap · Illinois

United Scrap

Cicero, IL · ~14 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
34.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

United Scrap runs at 1044% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Strip, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap workplace, earning a grade F.

United Scrap: 34.5 TCR = 1044% of Strip, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

United Scrap safety composite

United Scrap scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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).

F

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 34.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 17.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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%).

Rising injury rate

United Scrap: 33.3 → 35.6 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 35.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.52× in 2020

United Scrap's TCR rose 2.4 from 33.3 in 2019 to 35.6 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331491 · Cicero, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 34.5 · 1044% of ind

  • DART 17.8 DART
  • RANK #9/9
  • PHOTO G & S Titanium, Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~14 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: G & S Titanium, Inc. (17.4 TCR gap)

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United Scrap in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows United Scrap averages 34.5 TCR (1044% of the Strip, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

United Scrap TCR series: 2019=33.3 · 2020=35.6 · BLS 3.3

Where United Scrap falls in its industry

113 Strip, nonferrous metals (exce establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 9 Strip, nonferrous metals (exce employers in Illinois.

United Scrap (14 employees, TCR 34.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 84 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 02004006008001,000 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate United Scrap
United Scrap (14 employees, TCR 34.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 84 employees and a TCR of 3.1

United Scrap has fewer employees than the Strip, nonferrous metals (except aluminu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2020 35.6 17.8 2 0 0
2019 33.3 33.3 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331491 · IL · Cicero

113 Strip, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 99 employers in Cicero, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR G & S Titanium, Inc. 17.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Platt Bros. & Co., Inc 14.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vulcan Global Manufacturing Solutions 13.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Platt Brothers & Co. 10.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lake Forest High School 14 FTE
STATE-SIZE ROSE-SGI-IFLY ROSEMONT 14 FTE
STATE-SIZE D8 Columbia Yard 14 FTE
STATE-SIZE D2 Roscoe Yard 14 FTE
CITY-NEAR Breakthru Beverage Illinois, LLC. 1,006 FTE
CITY-NEAR J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 938 FTE
CITY-NEAR Breakthru Beverage Illinois - Cicero 770 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARYZTA - Cicero 765 FTE
NAT-TCR Rockland Facility 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kemper Moving Systems 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR EWR - Ground Ops 30.0 TCR

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: 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.