Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Illinois

United Scrap Metal Inc.

Cicero, IL · ~301 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

United Scrap Metal Inc. runs at 16% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

United Scrap Metal Inc.: 0.4 TCR = 16% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

United Scrap Metal Inc. safety composite

United Scrap Metal Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 99% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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%).

United Scrap Metal Inc. held a steady TCR band

United Scrap Metal Inc.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 0.3 in 2016 to 0.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 0.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.3 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.2 · 2021=0.5 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=0.4 · 2024=0.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Cicero, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 16% of ind

  • DART 0.2 DART
  • RANK #1/62
  • PHOTO AMR Manchester
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~301 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AMR Manchester (0.0 TCR gap)

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United Scrap Metal Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows United Scrap Metal Inc. averages 0.4 TCR (16% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

United Scrap Metal Inc. TCR series: 2016=0.3 · 2019=0 · 2020=0.2 · 2021=0.5 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=0.4 · 2024=0.2 · BLS 2.2

Where United Scrap Metal Inc. falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 99% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 62 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Illinois.

United Scrap Metal Inc. (301 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 0100200300400 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate United Scrap Metal Inc.
United Scrap Metal Inc. (301 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

United Scrap Metal Inc. has more employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 0.2 0.2 1 0 0
2023 0.4 0.2 2 0 0
2022 0.9 0.7 4 0 0
2021 0.5 0.5 2 0 0
2020 0.2 0.2 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.3 0.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IL · Cicero

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers 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 · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR AMR Manchester 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR CMC Recycling Charlotte 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Scrap Metal PA, LLC. 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pratt Recycling, Inc. - Conyers Transfer Station 0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2WW 301 FTE
STATE-SIZE ArcelorMittal Corporate - East Chicago 301 FTE
STATE-SIZE Magna Exteriors Belvidere 301 FTE
STATE-SIZE Libertyville 301 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 Environmental Waste Minimization, Inc. 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hennepin Health 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Equistar Chemicals, LP 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR MKS 2 Tech 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE BCBSNC Bldg 400 301 FTE
NAT-SIZE Monroe Township High School 301 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Chemours Company FC, LLC - Fayetteville 301 FTE
NAT-SIZE IKEA #327 Miami 301 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, 2020, 2019, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.