Containers, light gauge metal (except cans), manufacturing · Illinois

Accurate Metal Fabricating

Chicago, IL · ~89 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Accurate Metal Fabricating runs at 253% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Containers, light gauge metal (except cans), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Accurate Metal Fabricating: 8.4 TCR = 253% of Containers, light gauge metal (except cans), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Accurate Metal Fabricating safety composite

Accurate Metal Fabricating scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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

−4.3

2016→2022

Accurate Metal Fabricating injury rate improved

Accurate Metal Fabricating's TCR fell 4.3 from 8.8 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 12.3 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.8 · 2018=9.1 · 2019=8.8 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=12.3 · 2022=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332439 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.4 · 253% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #14/15
  • PHOTO Wastequip Lockeford
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 46 inj
  • SIZE ~89 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wastequip Lockeford (0.1 TCR gap)

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Accurate Metal Fabricating in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Accurate Metal Fabricating averages 8.4 TCR (253% of the Containers, light gauge metal (except cans), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Accurate Metal Fabricating TCR series: 2016=8.8 · 2018=9.1 · 2019=8.8 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=12.3 · 2022=4.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Accurate Metal Fabricating falls in its industry

175 Containers, light gauge metal establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 15 Containers, light gauge metal employers in Illinois.

Accurate Metal Fabricating (89 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Accurate Metal Fabricating
Accurate Metal Fabricating (89 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Accurate Metal Fabricating has more employees than the Containers, light gauge metal (except ca median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2022 4.5 1.5 3 0 0
2021 12.3 10.4 13 0 0
2020 6.7 5.6 6 0 0
2019 8.8 8.8 8 0 0
2018 9.1 8.0 8 0 0
2016 8.8 5.5 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332439 · IL · Chicago

175 Containers, light gauge metal (except cans), manufacturing 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 Wastequip Lockeford 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Container Technologies Industries, LLC 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR GT Supplies, Inc. 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SWS Equipment 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Decatur 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG Des Plaines Reporting Center 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mundelein 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE Macon GC LLC 89 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 Venetian KCB LLC 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 036384-Phx-Osborn Sta 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 482140-Crosby Po 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 104/ABQ 8.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Regional Logistics Group LLC 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE Barnhart Transportation 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE Summit Utility Structures LLC 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE Raleigh 48060 89 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.