Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade · Illinois

Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc - Melrose Park

Melrose Park, IL · ~49 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc - Melrose Park runs at 156% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc - Melrose Park: 5.1 TCR = 156% of Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc - Melrose Park safety composite

Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc - Melrose Park scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).

D

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−1.6

2016→2018

Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc - Melrose Park injury rate improved

Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc - Melrose Park's TCR fell 1.6 from 6.0 in 2016 to 4.4 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.0 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.0 · 2017=5.0 · 2018=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332811 · Melrose Park, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 156% of ind

  • DART 4.4 DART
  • RANK #18/24
  • PHOTO Diamond Heat Treat
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Diamond Heat Treat (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc - Melrose Park in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc - Melrose Park averages 5.1 TCR (156% 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

Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc - Melrose Park TCR series: 2016=6 · 2017=5 · 2018=4.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc - Melrose Park falls in its industry

248 Heat treating metals and metal establishments

Safer than 38% 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 #18 safest of 24 Heat treating metals and metal employers in Illinois.

Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc - Melrose Park (49 employees, TCR 5.1) 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 Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc - Melrose Park
Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc - Melrose Park (49 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc - Melrose Park has more employees than the Heat treating metals and metal products median and a higher 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
2018 4.4 4.4 2 0 0
2017 5.0 5.0 2 0 0
2016 6.0 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · IL · Melrose Park

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 · 96 employers in Melrose Park, 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 Diamond Heat Treat 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR MPC 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Turbocam Dover 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bodycote Thermal Processing, Inc. - Greensburg 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Boller Construction Co., Inc. 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Performance Pipelining INC 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM. Aupperle & Sons, Inc. 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE RI Glass Group 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jewel Distribution DC 1,169 FTE
CITY-NEAR NAI-0032-0032-06651 FAC-06651-MELROSE PARK-IL 1,106 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gottlieb Memorial Hospital 923 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC - Ruby Street Plant 714 FTE
NAT-TCR Brookdale Arlington 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Peapod S&S Norwalk, Ct 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Palm Springs (Capal) 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Doritex Corp. 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2035 Minot Distrib Center (Nd) 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cascades Tissue Group - Tennessee 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Andersons Maumee Large Pack Plant Nutrient 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dickson Package Center (Tndik) 49 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.