Awnings and canopies, outdoor, made from purchased fabrics · Illinois

Bearse Manufacturing Co

Chicago, IL · ~101 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bearse Manufacturing Co runs at 53% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Awnings and canopies, outdoor, made from purchased fabrics workplace, earning a grade B.

Bearse Manufacturing Co: 1.8 TCR = 53% of Awnings and canopies, outdoor, made from purchased fabrics BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bearse Manufacturing Co safety composite

Bearse Manufacturing Co scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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

−1.9

2017→2024

Bearse Manufacturing Co injury rate improved

Bearse Manufacturing Co's TCR fell 1.9 from 3.1 in 2017 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.1 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 314910 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 53% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO Klein Tools, Inc.
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~101 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Klein Tools, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bearse Manufacturing Co in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bearse Manufacturing Co averages 1.8 TCR (53% of the Awnings and canopies, outdoor, made from purchased fabrics BLS benchmark).

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

Bearse Manufacturing Co TCR series: 2017=3.1 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Bearse Manufacturing Co falls in its industry

141 Awnings and canopies, outdoor, establishments

Safer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Awnings and canopies, outdoor, employers in Illinois.

Bearse Manufacturing Co (101 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.9 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Bearse Manufacturing Co
Bearse Manufacturing Co (101 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Bearse Manufacturing Co has more employees than the Awnings and canopies, outdoor, made from median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2023 3.4 1.1 3 0 0
2022 2.6 1.3 2 0 0
2021 2.1 2.1 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 3.1 0.8 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

314910 · IL · Chicago

141 Awnings and canopies, outdoor, made from purchased fabrics 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 Klein Tools, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Laurel Industrial Fabric Enterprises Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR OVC Engineered Solutions 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fred's Tents and Canopies, Inc. 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Southern - IL Gas Ops 101 FTE
STATE-SIZE DGIL 101 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brandt Construction Co. 101 FTE
STATE-SIZE MS - Mossville, IL - 1MOI2 (CATERPILLAR COE) 101 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 Plantel Nurseries Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Optimist Palmdale 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR USG Interiors Westlake 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lowes Foods #266 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE TD 101 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amicalola Emc- Hdq 101 FTE
NAT-SIZE Houston Mooring 101 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elementary 101 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, 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.