Gears, power transmission (except aircraft, motor vehicle), manufacturing · Illinois
Avon Gear & Engineering Co
La Grange, IL · ~47 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Avon Gear & Engineering Co runs at 141% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Gears, power transmission (except aircraft, motor vehicle), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Avon Gear & Engineering Co: 4.7 TCR = 141% of Gears, power transmission (except aircraft, motor vehicle), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Avon Gear & Engineering Co safety composite
Avon Gear & Engineering Co scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% 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).
35/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.66 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Avon Gear & Engineering Co: 1.8 → 5.9 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 6.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.42× in 2023
Avon Gear & Engineering Co's TCR rose 4.1 from 1.8 in 2020 to 5.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333612 · La Grange, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 141% of ind
- DART 2.0 DART
- RANK #14/15
- PHOTO Edgerton Gear, Inc.
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~47 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Edgerton Gear, Inc. (0.2 TCR gap)
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Avon Gear & Engineering Co in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Edgerton Gear,
Edgerton Gear, Inc.
4.8 TCR
- This site
Avon Gear & Engineering Co
4.7 TCR
- Penn Machine C
Penn Machine Company LLC - Blairsville Transit
4.5 TCR
- Overton Chicag
Overton Chicago Gear - Chicago
4.4 TCR
- Niagara Gear C
Niagara Gear Corporation
4.3 TCR
What this shows Avon Gear & Engineering Co averages 4.7 TCR (141% of the Gears, power transmission (except aircraft, motor vehicle), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Avon Gear & Engineering Co TCR series: 2020=1.8 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=5.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Avon Gear & Engineering Co falls in its industry
106 Gears, power transmission (exc establishmentsSafer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 15 Gears, power transmission (exc employers in Illinois.
Avon Gear & Engineering Co has fewer employees than the Gears, power transmission (except aircra median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.3 | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333612 · IL · La Grange
106 Gears, power transmission (except aircraft, motor vehicle), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 22 employers in La Grange, 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 | Edgerton Gear, Inc. | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Penn Machine Company LLC - Blairsville Transit | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Overton Chicago Gear - Chicago | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Niagara Gear Corporation | 4.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 1987-Jerseyville, IL (Monsanto Co.) | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Stonington, IL-Mfg | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Prairie Power, Inc. | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - Distribution Operating - Decatur | 47 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1855-ILARL008 | 1,812 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1855-ILARL13 | 892 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lyons Township High School District 204 | 504 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6458-ZMCK | 457 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | DBA Grace River Pines | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Villa St. Francis Catholic Care Center Inc | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CMS - Kinder Hearts Home Health | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Homeland 851 | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Bashas 016 | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bashas 055 | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Food World 792 | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Homeland 495 | 47 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.