Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade · Illinois

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Rockford

Rockford, IL · ~33 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Rockford runs at 94% 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 - Rockford: 3.1 TCR = 94% of Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Rockford safety composite

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Rockford 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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

−2.4

2016→2024

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Rockford injury rate improved

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Rockford's TCR fell 2.4 from 6.0 in 2016 to 3.7 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=4.6 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=3.0 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 94% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/24
  • PHOTO Kowalski Heat Treati…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kowalski Heat Treating Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Rockford in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Rockford averages 3.1 TCR (94% 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 - Rockford TCR series: 2016=6 · 2017=4.6 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=3 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Rockford falls in its industry

248 Heat treating metals and metal establishments

Safer than 64% 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 #7 safest of 24 Heat treating metals and metal employers in Illinois.

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Rockford (33 employees, TCR 3.1) 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 - Rockford
Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Rockford (33 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Rockford 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 3.7 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2021 3.0 0.0 1 0 0
2020 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.8 0.0 2 0 0
2017 4.6 4.6 2 0 0
2016 6.0 3.0 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · IL · Rockford

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 · 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 Kowalski Heat Treating Company 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Houston Heat Treat 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Apollo Heat Treat/Titan Metalurgy 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR BodyCote Haggarty 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE PharmaCann Dwight 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Konos 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mendota Farm Shop 208 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE NRG Will County Generating Station 33 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 SCS Desco 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 4Front Engineered Solutions- Muskego 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Simpson Construction Services 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Milk Specialties Global Norfolk 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Park Metal Products Company dba Park Detroit 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Conneston Construction, Inc. 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE MORRISVILLE 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Barnett Steel Fabrication, LLC 33 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.