Plumbers' putty manufacturing · Illinois
Black Swan Manufacturing Company
Chicago, IL · ~40 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Black Swan Manufacturing Company runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Plumbers' putty manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Black Swan Manufacturing Company: 3.4 TCR = 104% of Plumbers' putty manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Black Swan Manufacturing Company safety composite
Black Swan Manufacturing Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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).
37/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.44 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.65 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Black Swan Manufacturing Company: 0.0 → 2.6 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 10.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.77× in 2024
Black Swan Manufacturing Company's TCR rose 2.6 from 0.0 in 2019 to 2.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325520 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 104% of ind
- DART 2.6 DART
- RANK #16/22
- PHOTO Bradley Adhesive App…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~40 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Bradley Adhesive Applications Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Black Swan Manufacturing Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Atlas Minerals
Atlas Minerals & Chemicals Inc
3.5 TCR
- Tremco - Mamec
Tremco - Mameco
3.5 TCR
- Sika Corporati
Sika Corporation 875 Valley Brook Ave
3.5 TCR
- This site
Black Swan Manufacturing Company
3.4 TCR
- Bradley Adhesi
Bradley Adhesive Applications Inc.
3.4 TCR
What this shows Black Swan Manufacturing Company averages 3.4 TCR (104% of the Plumbers' putty manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Black Swan Manufacturing Company TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.3 · 2022=10.3 · 2023=5.3 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Black Swan Manufacturing Company falls in its industry
287 Plumbers' putty manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 22 Plumbers' putty manufacturing employers in Illinois.
Black Swan Manufacturing Company has fewer employees than the Plumbers' putty manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 10.3 | 5.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325520 · IL · Chicago
287 Plumbers' putty manufacturing 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 | Bradley Adhesive Applications Inc. | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Atlas Minerals & Chemicals Inc | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tremco - Mameco | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sika Corporation 875 Valley Brook Ave | 3.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - Gas Integrity Management | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NG Bloomington Reporting Center | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Downers Grove Sanitary District | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Window Works Addison | 40 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 | West Jefferson Medical Center | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Altus, OK | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wakemed North | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fs-Seton Austin | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Pennsylvania Bedding Inc. | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Buck Bros LLC | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hussmann Services Corporation - Lenexa | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Smurfit Kappa Houston | 40 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.