Carwashing machinery manufacturing · Illinois

Brite-O-Matic Manufacturing, Inc.

Arlington Heights, IL · ~51 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Brite-O-Matic Manufacturing, Inc. runs at 200% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Carwashing machinery manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Brite-O-Matic Manufacturing, Inc.: 6.6 TCR = 200% of Carwashing machinery manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Brite-O-Matic Manufacturing, Inc. safety composite

Brite-O-Matic Manufacturing, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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).

F

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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%).

Brite-O-Matic Manufacturing, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Brite-O-Matic Manufacturing, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 10.2 in 2016 to 10.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.93× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.2 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=8.3 · 2023=8.3 · 2024=10.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333318 · Arlington Heights, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.6 · 200% of ind

  • DART 6.1 DART
  • RANK #27/28
  • PHOTO Applied Membranes, I…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Applied Membranes, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Brite-O-Matic Manufacturing, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Brite-O-Matic Manufacturing, Inc. averages 6.6 TCR (200% of the Carwashing machinery manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Brite-O-Matic Manufacturing, Inc. TCR series: 2016=10.2 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=0 · 2022=8.3 · 2023=8.3 · 2024=10.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Brite-O-Matic Manufacturing, Inc. falls in its industry

361 Carwashing machinery manufactu establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 28 Carwashing machinery manufactu employers in Illinois.

Brite-O-Matic Manufacturing, Inc. (51 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 Brite-O-Matic Manufacturing, Inc.
Brite-O-Matic Manufacturing, Inc. (51 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Brite-O-Matic Manufacturing, Inc. has fewer employees than the Carwashing machinery 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 10.2 6.1 5 0 0
2023 8.3 4.2 4 0 0
2022 8.3 8.3 4 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.9 3.9 1 1 0
2018 8.1 4.0 4 0 0
2017 3.8 3.8 2 0 0
2016 10.2 6.1 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333318 · IL · Arlington Heights

361 Carwashing machinery manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 121 employers in Arlington Heights, 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 Applied Membranes, Inc. 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cemline Corporation 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sapphire Scientific 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR STINGRAY PARTS WASHERS 6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Larch Farm 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE CDG 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prince Minerals LLC - QUI 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Quincy 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwest Community Hospital 3,365 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARLINGTON HEIGHTS SCHOOL DISTRICT 25 911 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4813-48130002-ENCORE CHICAGO 845 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lutheran Home and Serv For The Aged 796 FTE
NAT-TCR Hugo's #6 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Water pollution control authority 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Primex Plastics Reedsburg 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Amcon - Rapid City 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE KW Electric Inc. - Emmetsburg 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bay County Waste Water Treatment Plant 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Buda 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Broadway 51 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, 2020, 2019, 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.