mANUFACTURING · Illinois

Ballco Manufacturing, Inc

Aurora, IL · ~72 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ballco Manufacturing, Inc runs at 51% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical mANUFACTURING workplace, earning a grade B.

Ballco Manufacturing, Inc: 1.7 TCR = 51% of mANUFACTURING BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ballco Manufacturing, Inc safety composite

Ballco Manufacturing, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−4.0

2016→2024

Ballco Manufacturing, Inc injury rate improved

Ballco Manufacturing, Inc's TCR fell 4.0 from 4.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.0 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=3.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331221 · Aurora, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 51% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/12
  • PHOTO Worthington Steel Cl…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Worthington Steel Cleveland (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ballco Manufacturing, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ballco Manufacturing, Inc averages 1.7 TCR (51% of the mANUFACTURING BLS benchmark).

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

Ballco Manufacturing, Inc TCR series: 2016=4 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=3 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Ballco Manufacturing, Inc falls in its industry

206 mANUFACTURING establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 12 mANUFACTURING employers in Illinois.

Ballco Manufacturing, Inc (72 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ballco Manufacturing, Inc
Ballco Manufacturing, Inc (72 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Ballco Manufacturing, Inc has fewer employees than the mANUFACTURING median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.1 3.1 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.0 2.0 3 0 0
2017 3.3 2.2 3 0 0
2016 4.0 2.6 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331221 · IL · Aurora

206 mANUFACTURING employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 325 employers in Aurora, 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 Worthington Steel Cleveland 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR WSP Jackson 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ellwood National Crankshaft Services 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR WS Monroe 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Hillsboro / Mt. Clare 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Persimmon Street 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Astoria Wire & Metal Products 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Korte and Luitjohan Contractors, Inc. 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indian Prairie School District 204 3,309 FTE
CITY-NEAR Factor Aurora 2,167 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rush Copley Medical Center, Inc. 2,163 FTE
CITY-NEAR ANDY FRAIN SERVICES INC 2,100 FTE
NAT-TCR Dee Cramer 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Palmerton 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR OC 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Hyattsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center LLC 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE RPR Products, Inc. 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tennessee 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABUSA Warehouse, LLC 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE PVE C3 - Product Validation Engineering 72 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.