Strip, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants · Illinois

Wieland Metals

Wheeling, IL · ~112 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wieland Metals runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Strip, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants workplace, earning a grade C.

Wieland Metals: 3.2 TCR = 96% of Strip, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wieland Metals safety composite

Wieland Metals scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 66% 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% 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

−0.5

2018→2024

Wieland Metals injury rate improved

Wieland Metals's TCR fell 0.5 from 1.6 in 2018 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=1.6 · 2019=8.7 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331420 · Wheeling, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 96% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #3/7
  • PHOTO Judd Wire
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~112 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Judd Wire (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wieland Metals in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wieland Metals averages 3.2 TCR (96% of the Strip, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants BLS benchmark).

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

Wieland Metals TCR series: 2018=1.6 · 2019=8.7 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Wieland Metals falls in its industry

198 Strip, copper and copper alloy establishments

Safer than 58% 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 #3 safest of 7 Strip, copper and copper alloy employers in Illinois.

Wieland Metals (112 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Wieland Metals
Wieland Metals (112 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Wieland Metals has fewer employees than the Strip, copper and copper alloy, made fro median and a lower 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
2024 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2023 1.9 1.9 2 0 0
2022 2.6 0.9 3 0 0
2019 8.7 7.8 10 0 0
2018 1.6 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331420 · IL · Wheeling

198 Strip, copper and copper alloy, made from purchased copper or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing or extruding plants 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 Judd Wire 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR International Wire - Continental Cortadge 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Millard Wire Company 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kalas Lancaster Plant - ECPD 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Home Forever Baths Company (DBA- Pacific Bath Chicago) 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lindblad Construction Company of Joliet, Inc. 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE G. E. Riddiford Company, Inc. 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE FE Moran Special Hazards 112 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 Musselman & Hall Contractors, LLC 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR R B Machine Inc. 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR PRI - Carolina, Lot 3-4C A Street 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Fargo Baseball LLC 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Plasman-Cleveland AB 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dallas 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fechko Excavating LLC 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sheriff's Office 112 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, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.