332813 Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring · Illinois

Able Electropolishing Company

Chicago, IL · ~204 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Able Electropolishing Company runs at 261% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical 332813 Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring workplace, earning a grade F.

Able Electropolishing Company: 8.6 TCR = 261% of 332813 Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Able Electropolishing Company safety composite

Able Electropolishing Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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%).

Able Electropolishing Company held a steady TCR band

Able Electropolishing Company's TCR held near 0.3 from 9.3 in 2018 to 9.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=9.3 · 2019=10.2 · 2020=9.1 · 2021=11.4 · 2022=7.1 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=9.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 261% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #32/37
  • PHOTO Ontario Location
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 130 inj
  • SIZE ~204 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ontario Location (0.1 TCR gap)

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Able Electropolishing Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Able Electropolishing Company averages 8.6 TCR (261% of the 332813 Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring BLS benchmark).

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

Able Electropolishing Company TCR series: 2018=9.3 · 2019=10.2 · 2020=9.1 · 2021=11.4 · 2022=7.1 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=9 · BLS 3.3

Where Able Electropolishing Company falls in its industry

585 332813 Electroplating, Plating establishments

Safer than 12% 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 #32 safest of 37 332813 Electroplating, Plating employers in Illinois.

Able Electropolishing Company (204 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Able Electropolishing Company
Able Electropolishing Company (204 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Able Electropolishing Company has more employees than the 332813 Electroplating, Plating, Polishin median and a higher 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 9.0 2.3 12 0 0
2023 4.2 3.5 6 0 0
2022 7.1 5.5 18 0 0
2021 11.4 8.7 21 0 0
2020 9.1 7.1 18 0 0
2019 10.2 8.0 24 0 0
2018 9.3 5.4 31 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · IL · Chicago

585 332813 Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, 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 Ontario Location 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lapeer Plating & Plastics, Inc. 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR ACA 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Summit Corporation of America 8.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE William Charles Construction 204 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pella Corporatio - Macomb Operations 204 FTE
STATE-SIZE FXI - West Chicago 204 FTE
STATE-SIZE DeKalb, IL - CN1 204 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR Behnke Enterprises, Inc. 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR BMG of Kansas 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Americold Logistics, LLC: Tacoma 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ypsilanti 8.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Alaris Health at Cedar Grove 204 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Red Cross - 10151 E 11th St 204 FTE
NAT-SIZE Duke Lazzara Development 204 FTE
NAT-SIZE Keystone RV Company - Plant 17 204 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.