Cushions, carpet and rug, urethane and other foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing · Illinois
Blachford Investments Inc.
West Chicago, IL · ~109 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
Blachford Investments Inc. runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cushions, carpet and rug, urethane and other foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Blachford Investments Inc.: 4.7 TCR = 143% of Cushions, carpet and rug, urethane and other foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Blachford Investments Inc. safety composite
Blachford Investments Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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).
31/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.73 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.67 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Blachford Investments Inc.: 1.2 → 5.5 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 7.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.78× in 2018
Blachford Investments Inc.'s TCR rose 4.3 from 1.2 in 2016 to 5.5 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.5 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326150 · West Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 143% of ind
- DART 3.7 DART
- RANK #18/20
- PHOTO Buckley Industries, …
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 14 inj
- SIZE ~109 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Buckley Industries, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Blachford Investments Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Buckley Indust
Buckley Industries, Inc.
4.8 TCR
- SEKISUI Voltek
SEKISUI Voltek, LLC
4.8 TCR
- Hunter Panels
Hunter Panels - Montgomery
4.8 TCR
- Fehrer Automot
Fehrer Automotive- Gadsden
4.8 TCR
- This site
Blachford Investments Inc.
4.7 TCR
What this shows Blachford Investments Inc. averages 4.7 TCR (143% of the Cushions, carpet and rug, urethane and other foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Blachford Investments Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.2 · 2017=7.5 · 2018=5.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Blachford Investments Inc. falls in its industry
474 Cushions, carpet and rug, uret establishmentsSafer than 28% 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 #18 safest of 20 Cushions, carpet and rug, uret employers in Illinois.
Blachford Investments Inc. has more employees than the Cushions, carpet and rug, urethane and o 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.5 | 5.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326150 · IL · West Chicago
474 Cushions, carpet and rug, urethane and other foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 123 employers in West 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 | Buckley Industries, Inc. | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SEKISUI Voltek, LLC | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hunter Panels - Montgomery | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fehrer Automotive- Gadsden | 4.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | PRI1 Princeton, IL | 109 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Illinois American Water (Corperate Office) | 109 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ibuilders corp | 109 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Otis Elevator Company-Chicago Downtown South | 109 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The Jel Sert Company | 830 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BALL HORTICULTURAL COMPANY | 713 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - SIL3 | 351 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Siemens West Chicago | 342 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Elk Ridge Village Assisted Living | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | henry g meigs | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hess Trucking Harrisburg | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Electrical Design & Motor Control, Inc. | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | OCY - Plymouth | 109 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Watershed - Corporate | 109 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Azz Psi | 109 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Corrugated Supplies Company- Atlanta, LLC. | 109 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.