Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing · Illinois

Buhrke

Arlington Heights, IL · ~247 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Buhrke runs at 102% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Buhrke: 5.5 TCR = 102% of Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Buhrke safety composite

Buhrke scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

−4.2

2016→2018

Buhrke injury rate improved

Buhrke's TCR fell 4.2 from 6.8 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.8 · 2017=6.9 · 2018=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336370 · Arlington Heights, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 5.5 · 102% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #12/20
  • PHOTO Caran Precision
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 33 inj
  • SIZE ~247 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Caran Precision (0.0 TCR gap)

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Buhrke in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Buhrke averages 5.5 TCR (102% of the Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Buhrke TCR series: 2016=6.8 · 2017=6.9 · 2018=2.7 · BLS 5.4

Where Buhrke falls in its industry

510 Job stampings, automotive, met establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 20 Job stampings, automotive, met employers in Illinois.

Buhrke (247 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 145 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 05001,0001,500 024681012 Average employees Total Case Rate Buhrke
Buhrke (247 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 145 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Buhrke has more employees than the Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufa median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 2.7 2.7 7 0 0
2017 6.9 4.2 17 1 0
2016 6.8 3.4 9 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336370 · IL · Arlington Heights

510 Job stampings, automotive, metal, 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 Caran Precision 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pridgeon and Clay 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shiloh Steel Drive 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR April Steel Processing 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sterling Lumber Company, LLC. 247 FTE
STATE-SIZE Novartis Gene Therapies - Libertyville 247 FTE
STATE-SIZE Perfect Plastic Printing Corporation 247 FTE
STATE-SIZE ATF, INC. 247 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 Brian Center Health & Retirement/Mooresville 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Renaissance Marinette 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Murphy Marine Services 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Edmac-Hct-Edinburg North 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dianne's Fine Desserts Newburyport 247 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advantage Logistics - Aurora 247 FTE
NAT-SIZE Manitou Group Madison SD 247 FTE
NAT-SIZE UGN-Monroe 247 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.

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

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