Air-conditioners, motor vehicle, manufacturing · Illinois

Bergstrom INC., Blackhawk Rd

Rockford, IL · ~399 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bergstrom INC., Blackhawk Rd runs at 29% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Air-conditioners, motor vehicle, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Bergstrom INC., Blackhawk Rd: 1.6 TCR = 29% of Air-conditioners, motor vehicle, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bergstrom INC., Blackhawk Rd safety composite

Bergstrom INC., Blackhawk Rd 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% 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

−0.6

2018→2023

Bergstrom INC., Blackhawk Rd injury rate improved

Bergstrom INC., Blackhawk Rd's TCR fell 0.6 from 1.8 in 2018 to 1.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=1.8 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336390 · Rockford, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 29% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #13/41
  • PHOTO Pollmann North Ameri…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~399 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pollmann North America, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bergstrom INC., Blackhawk Rd in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bergstrom INC., Blackhawk Rd averages 1.6 TCR (29% of the Air-conditioners, motor vehicle, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Bergstrom INC., Blackhawk Rd TCR series: 2018=1.8 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=1.1 · BLS 5.4

Where Bergstrom INC., Blackhawk Rd falls in its industry

772 Air-conditioners, motor vehicl establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 41 Air-conditioners, motor vehicl employers in Illinois.

Bergstrom INC., Blackhawk Rd (399 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Bergstrom INC., Blackhawk Rd
Bergstrom INC., Blackhawk Rd (399 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Bergstrom INC., Blackhawk Rd has more employees than the Air-conditioners, motor vehicle, manufac median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 1.1 0.8 6 0 0
2022 1.8 1.2 6 0 0
2018 1.8 1.4 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336390 · IL · Rockford

772 Air-conditioners, motor vehicle, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 405 employers in Rockford, 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 Pollmann North America, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Driv 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR L&M Radiator 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Therma Tech Engineering, Inc 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE WM 3837 399 FTE
STATE-SIZE Evolent Health LLC Chicago Riverside 399 FTE
STATE-SIZE DWM-Jardine Water Purification Plant JWPP | 1000 E. Ohio St. 400 FTE
STATE-SIZE 116 - Archer Western - De Moya JV 400 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILRKF - ROCKFORD AIR HUB 2,634 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swedish American Hospital - 4800 2,629 FTE
CITY-NEAR PCI Pharma Services Rockford 2,175 FTE
CITY-NEAR SwedishAmerican Hospital 1,855 FTE
NAT-TCR Smurfit Kappa Forney Mill 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Hydro Portland Main Plant 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Bay Country Professional Concrete, LLC 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Rassey Industries, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Elcor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 399 FTE
NAT-SIZE GC2 Webb Girth, Gold Creek Processing, LLC. 399 FTE
NAT-SIZE Suburban Community Hospital 399 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fluid Connectors : Otsego 399 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: 2023, 2022, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.