Aluminum cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing · Illinois

Ardagh Metal Beverage-Chicago

Name: Ardagh Metal Beverage-Chicago Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chicago, IL · ~113 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ardagh Metal Beverage-Chicago runs at 95% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Aluminum cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Ardagh Metal Beverage-Chicago: 3.1 TCR = 95% of Aluminum cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ardagh Metal Beverage-Chicago safety composite

Ardagh Metal Beverage-Chicago scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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).

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 3.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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

−4.1

2016→2019

Ardagh Metal Beverage-Chicago injury rate improved

Ardagh Metal Beverage-Chicago's TCR fell 4.1 from 5.6 in 2016 to 1.5 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.6 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332431 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 95% of ind

DART 0.7 DART
RANK #11/16
PHOTO Ball Metalpack - Col…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~113 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ball Metalpack - Columbus, OH (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ball Tinplate

3.2
Columbus Sonoc

3.2
This site

3.1
Ball Metalpack

3.1
Ball Beverage

3.1

What this shows Ardagh Metal Beverage-Chicago averages 3.1 TCR (95% of the Aluminum cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Ardagh Metal Beverage-Chicago TCR series: 2016=5.6 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=1.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Ardagh Metal Beverage-Chicago falls in its industry

217 Aluminum cans, light gauge met establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

Grade C

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 16 Aluminum cans, light gauge met employers in Illinois.

Ardagh Metal Beverage-Chicago (113 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Ardagh Metal Beverage-Chicago has fewer employees than the Aluminum cans, light gauge metal, manufa median and a higher 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
2019	1.5	0.7	2	0
2018	2.3	0.8	3	0
2016	5.6	2.8	4	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332431 · IL · Chicago

217 Aluminum cans, light gauge metal, 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Ball Metalpack - Columbus, OH	COLUMBUS, OH	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ball Tinplate 023-Springdale	SPRINGDALE, AR	3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ball Beverage Pkg 157 Tampa	TAMPA, FL	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Columbus Sonoco Metal Packing - D143	COLUMBUS, OH	3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Rock Island Service Building	ROCK ISLAND	113 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Four Rivers Sanitation Authority	ROCKFORD	113 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Graycor Construction Company Inc.	OAKBROOK TERRACE	113 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bennett & Brosseau Roofing, Inc.	ROMEOVILLE	113 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago Public Schools	Chicago	49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago/Corporate	Chicago	18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago	13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University Health Service UIC UIC Campus	Chicago	12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR	6400-Swy 0017 1521	Oro Valley, AZ	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	6400-Swy 0019 1935	Salem, OR	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Applied Health Services	Kalispell, MT	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	6962-Swy 0025 2701	Clovis, CA	3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	4054-Abs 0021 0712	Baton Rouge, LA	113 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1215 E. Fort Ave. Ste 103	Baltimore, MD	113 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Oak Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center	San Antonio, TX	113 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Spring Harvest Berry Farms	Santa Maria, CA	113 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: 2019, 2018, 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.