Springs, steel, merchant wholesalers · Illinois

vHPM - Elgin

Elgin, IL · ~113 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

vHPM - Elgin runs at 248% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Springs, steel, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

vHPM - Elgin: 5.5 TCR = 248% of Springs, steel, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

vHPM - Elgin safety composite

vHPM - Elgin scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

−1.2

2022→2023

vHPM - Elgin injury rate improved

vHPM - Elgin's TCR fell 1.2 from 6.0 in 2022 to 4.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=6.0 · 2023=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Elgin, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 5.5 · 248% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #76/107
  • PHOTO JX
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~113 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: JX (0.0 TCR gap)

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vHPM - Elgin in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows vHPM - Elgin averages 5.5 TCR (248% of the Springs, steel, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

vHPM - Elgin TCR series: 2022=6 · 2023=4.8 · BLS 2.2

Where vHPM - Elgin falls in its industry

1,299 Springs, steel, merchant whole establishments

Safer than 31% 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 #76 safest of 107 Springs, steel, merchant whole employers in Illinois.

vHPM - Elgin (113 employees, TCR 5.5) 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 vHPM - Elgin
vHPM - Elgin (113 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

vHPM - Elgin has more employees than the Springs, 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
2023 4.8 3.9 5 0 0
2022 6.0 3.0 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IL · Elgin

1,299 Springs, steel, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 250 employers in Elgin, 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 JX 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR BF 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Miami 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alaskan Copper, SD 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rock Island Service Building 113 FTE
STATE-SIZE Four Rivers Sanitation Authority 113 FTE
STATE-SIZE Graycor Construction Company Inc. 113 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bennett & Brosseau Roofing, Inc. 113 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Sherman Hospital 1,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elgin John B. Sanfilippo & Son 987 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Elgin 986 FTE
CITY-NEAR American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation-Elgin 774 FTE
NAT-TCR Store 1239 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Greenwald & B.C. Inc. 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Bergey's Truck Centers New Castle 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR S07061 - Phoenix Hauling - Butterfield Hauling 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Day Program 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Blake at Colonial Club 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kinden Corporation 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crystal Farms 113 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: 2023, 2022. 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.