Abrasive products manufacturing · Illinois

Abrasive Technology (Elgin, Illinois)

Elgin, IL · ~24 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Abrasive Technology (Elgin, Illinois) runs at 242% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Abrasive products manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Abrasive Technology (Elgin, Illinois): 8.0 TCR = 242% of Abrasive products manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Abrasive Technology (Elgin, Illinois) safety composite

Abrasive Technology (Elgin, Illinois) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−2.0

2018→2020

Abrasive Technology (Elgin, Illinois) injury rate improved

Abrasive Technology (Elgin, Illinois)'s TCR fell 2.0 from 7.5 in 2018 to 5.5 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.1 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=7.5 · 2019=11.1 · 2020=5.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327910 · Elgin, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 242% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/13
  • PHOTO Global Abrasives, In…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Global Abrasives, Inc. - 378 Niagara Street (0.1 TCR gap)

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Abrasive Technology (Elgin, Illinois) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Abrasive Technology (Elgin, Illinois) averages 8.0 TCR (242% of the Abrasive products manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Abrasive Technology (Elgin, Illinois) TCR series: 2018=7.5 · 2019=11.1 · 2020=5.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Abrasive Technology (Elgin, Illinois) falls in its industry

90 Abrasive products manufacturin establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 13 Abrasive products manufacturin employers in Illinois.

Abrasive Technology (Elgin, Illinois) (24 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Abrasive Technology (Elgin, Illinois)
Abrasive Technology (Elgin, Illinois) (24 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Abrasive Technology (Elgin, Illinois) has fewer employees than the Abrasive products manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2020 5.5 0.0 1 0 0
2019 11.1 7.4 3 0 0
2018 7.5 3.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327910 · IL · Elgin

90 Abrasive products manufacturing 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 Global Abrasives, Inc. - 378 Niagara Street 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Acme Abrasives 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Acme United Corp DMT Marlborough, MA 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Minerals Research, Inc. 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE C70 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nelson Energy Center 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hecate Grid LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG DeKalb Reporting Center 24 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 Henry County Medical Center EMS 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 1840 Foster Auto Parts Salem 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Forsman Farms HL 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Trinidad Inn Nursing Home 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Feld Entertainment - CEC 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE CWPPCC, Inc. dba College Works Painting 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE CLARO / PRT - Centro de Operaciones San German 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE AZZ Galvanizing - Morgan City 24 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: 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.