Aluminum plate made by continuous casting purchased aluminum · Illinois

Wheeling

Wheeling, IL · ~289 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wheeling runs at 37% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Aluminum plate made by continuous casting purchased aluminum workplace, earning a grade A.

Wheeling: 1.2 TCR = 37% of Aluminum plate made by continuous casting purchased aluminum BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wheeling safety composite

Wheeling scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

−6.6

2016→2024

Wheeling injury rate improved

Wheeling's TCR fell 6.6 from 8.0 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.0 · 2017=0.1 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=0.5 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331315 · Wheeling, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 37% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #2/5
  • PHOTO Nichols Aluminum Fin…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 60 inj
  • SIZE ~289 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Nichols Aluminum Finishing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wheeling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wheeling averages 1.2 TCR (37% of the Aluminum plate made by continuous casting purchased aluminum BLS benchmark).

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

Wheeling TCR series: 2016=8 · 2017=0.1 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=0.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Wheeling falls in its industry

70 Aluminum plate made by continu establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Aluminum plate made by continu employers in Illinois.

Wheeling (289 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 208 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 05001,0001,500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Wheeling
Wheeling (289 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 208 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Wheeling has more employees than the Aluminum plate made by continuous castin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 1.4 0.9 5 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.5 0.5 1 0 0
2020 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
2016 8.0 3.8 52 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331315 · IL · Wheeling

70 Aluminum plate made by continuous casting purchased aluminum employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 136 employers in Wheeling, 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 Nichols Aluminum Finishing 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Novelis Guthrie 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aleris Lewisport 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Logan Aluminum, Inc. 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hillside 2 289 FTE
STATE-SIZE Argon Medical Devices 289 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chicago CCD 289 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1602 289 FTE
CITY-NEAR IL-01 4,581 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wheeling School District 21 967 FTE
CITY-NEAR Main Office - 01 800 FTE
CITY-NEAR Response Team 1 728 FTE
NAT-TCR T.M. Bier & Associates, Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Emedco 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Golden Triangle Mill Service LLC 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR ROKI AMERICA Co., Ltd. 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Snap-on Power Tools, Inc. 289 FTE
NAT-SIZE 444 Merrick Rd 289 FTE
NAT-SIZE Richmond 289 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lafayette Logistics Center 289 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.