Erecting structural steel · Illinois

Van Buskirk Steel LLC

Peoria, IL · ~16 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Van Buskirk Steel LLC runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Erecting structural steel workplace, earning a grade B.

Van Buskirk Steel LLC: 1.8 TCR = 65% of Erecting structural steel BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Van Buskirk Steel LLC safety composite

Van Buskirk Steel LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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)
B 1.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−5.5

2022→2024

Van Buskirk Steel LLC injury rate improved

Van Buskirk Steel LLC's TCR fell 5.5 from 5.5 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=5.5 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · Peoria, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 65% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/30
  • PHOTO AF Steel Fabricators…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~16 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AF Steel Fabricators LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Van Buskirk Steel LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Van Buskirk Steel LLC averages 1.8 TCR (65% of the Erecting structural steel BLS benchmark).

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

Van Buskirk Steel LLC TCR series: 2022=5.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Van Buskirk Steel LLC falls in its industry

705 Erecting structural steel establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

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 30 Erecting structural steel employers in Illinois.

Van Buskirk Steel LLC (16 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Van Buskirk Steel LLC
Van Buskirk Steel LLC (16 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Van Buskirk Steel LLC has fewer employees than the Erecting structural steel median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 5.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · IL · Peoria

705 Erecting structural steel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 312 employers in Peoria, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR AF Steel Fabricators LLC 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Florida Erection Service, Inc 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR PMC Rebar, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Seaside Steel, INC. 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE PNPN_Leland 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE FRED TEITELBAUM CONSTRUCTION CO 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE NU Welsh Ryan Arena Ren 17090001 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kassen Excavating, Inc. 16 FTE
CITY-NEAR OSF Saint Francis Medical Center 5,293 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Francis Medical Center 5,007 FTE
CITY-NEAR Health Staff 3,911 FTE
CITY-NEAR Methodist Medical Center 2,815 FTE
NAT-TCR Learjet Inc. - Dallas Service Center 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Belmont Instrument headquarters 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 5245 Texarkana 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR LRS - Rochester 1.8 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: 2024, 2023, 2022. 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.