Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade · Illinois

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Chicago Plant 2

Northlake, IL · ~30 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Chicago Plant 2 runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade C.

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Chicago Plant 2: 2.9 TCR = 88% of Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Chicago Plant 2 safety composite

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Chicago Plant 2 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% 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)
C 2.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−6.0

2016→2024

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Chicago Plant 2 injury rate improved

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Chicago Plant 2's TCR fell 6.0 from 6.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.0 · 2017=5.7 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=6.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=5.6 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332811 · Northlake, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 88% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/24
  • PHOTO Dowa THT America, Inc.
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dowa THT America, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Chicago Plant 2 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Chicago Plant 2 averages 2.9 TCR (88% of the Heat treating metals 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

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Chicago Plant 2 TCR series: 2016=6 · 2017=5.7 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=6 · 2021=0 · 2022=5.6 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Chicago Plant 2 falls in its industry

248 Heat treating metals and metal establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 24 Heat treating metals and metal employers in Illinois.

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Chicago Plant 2 (30 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Chicago Plant 2
Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Chicago Plant 2 (30 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Chicago Plant 2 has fewer employees than the Heat treating metals and metal products median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 5.6 2.8 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 6.0 3.0 2 0 0
2019 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 5.7 5.7 2 0 0
2016 6.0 6.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · IL · Northlake

248 Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 56 employers in Northlake, 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 Dowa THT America, Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR KC Jones Brazing 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR J.W. Harris Co., Inc. - Carthage 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metal Improvement Company LLC 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Odell Fire 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Northern N - IL Common Ops 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chicago Loop Tech 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spoon River Electric Cooperative, Inc. 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR IL - Northlake 804 FTE
CITY-NEAR Market Support 628 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARYZTA - Northlake 469 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sun Chemical CTS/Inplant Group 403 FTE
NAT-TCR Page Honda of Bloomfield 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Cannon Boiler Works Inc 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR CoorsTek, Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Crown Beverage Packaging, LLC - Mankato Plant 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Aquinas College 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Visual Display Innovations, Inc. 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jims Water Service, Inc. 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE 26 - Winston-Salem 30 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.