Tumbling (i.e., cleaning and polishing) metal and metal products for the trade · Illinois

Bar Processing Corporation

Chicago Heights, IL · ~39 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bar Processing Corporation runs at 195% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Tumbling (i.e., cleaning and polishing) metal and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

Bar Processing Corporation: 6.4 TCR = 195% of Tumbling (i.e., cleaning and polishing) metal and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bar Processing Corporation safety composite

Bar Processing Corporation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

−1.4

2017→2024

Bar Processing Corporation injury rate improved

Bar Processing Corporation's TCR fell 1.4 from 7.3 in 2017 to 5.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.3 · 2018=2.0 · 2019=7.1 · 2020=8.7 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=10.6 · 2024=5.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Chicago Heights, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.4 · 195% of ind

  • DART 5.9 DART
  • RANK #27/37
  • PHOTO Lorin Industries
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lorin Industries (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bar Processing Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bar Processing Corporation averages 6.4 TCR (195% of the Tumbling (i.e., cleaning and polishing) metal and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Bar Processing Corporation TCR series: 2017=7.3 · 2018=2 · 2019=7.1 · 2020=8.7 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=10.6 · 2024=5.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Bar Processing Corporation falls in its industry

585 Tumbling (i.e., cleaning and p establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 37 Tumbling (i.e., cleaning and p employers in Illinois.

Bar Processing Corporation (39 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Bar Processing Corporation
Bar Processing Corporation (39 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Bar Processing Corporation has fewer employees than the Tumbling (i.e., cleaning and polishing) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 5.9 5.9 2 0 0
2023 10.6 10.6 4 0 0
2022 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2021 7.3 7.3 3 0 0
2020 8.7 8.7 3 0 0
2019 7.1 7.1 3 0 0
2018 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2017 7.3 7.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · IL · Chicago Heights

585 Tumbling (i.e., cleaning and polishing) metal and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 82 employers in Chicago Heights, 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 Lorin Industries 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR HHC KY Plant 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sheffield Platers Inc 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR J & M Plating Inc 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Beck's El Paso 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Green Glen Nursery, Inc 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE NRG Joliet Generating Station 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Bloomington 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR 309 CHICAGO 1,341 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHICAGO STMP 1,226 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6284-YR-309 RX 827 FTE
CITY-NEAR CGT 581 FTE
NAT-TCR Brookdale Valley View 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Edina - Edinborough Park 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR S04045 - WM of Dallas 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR MTS Lansing 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE PBE-Bowling Green 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hurst Electric Co. 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Prosper TX Yard 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Buda TX Yard 39 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.