Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade · Illinois

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - South Bend

South Bend, IL · ~28 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - South Bend runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade B.

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - South Bend: 2.1 TCR = 63% of Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - South Bend safety composite

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - South Bend scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−1.4

2016→2024

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - South Bend injury rate improved

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - South Bend's TCR fell 1.4 from 5.0 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.0 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 63% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #3/24
  • PHOTO Sun Steel Treating Inc
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sun Steel Treating Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bluewater Thermal Solutions - South Bend in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bluewater Thermal Solutions - South Bend averages 2.1 TCR (63% 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 - South Bend TCR series: 2016=5 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Bluewater Thermal Solutions - South Bend falls in its industry

248 Heat treating metals and metal establishments

Safer than 83% 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 #3 safest of 24 Heat treating metals and metal employers in Illinois.

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - South Bend (28 employees, TCR 2.1) 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 - South Bend
Bluewater Thermal Solutions - South Bend (28 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - South Bend 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 3.7 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 3.7 0.0 1 0 0
2021 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2016 5.0 5.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · IL · South Bend

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 · 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 Sun Steel Treating Inc 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Solar Atmospheres of Western PA 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Benton Harbor 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stack Metallurgical Services LLC 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Elite Growers, Inc. 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charles River Avian Roanoke 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience Princeton IL Research-PRI2 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tracy Export, Inc. 28 FTE
NAT-TCR 152-Hilton Clearwater Beach Resort & Spa 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc. - Worland Plant 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 480-Cincinnati 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Plaskolite, LLC - Columbus 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Circle Machine Rolls, Inc. 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tate Andale, LLC 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ward Trucking LLC-Winchester 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Powertex, LLC 28 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.