Lids and ends, can, light gauge metal, manufacturing · Illinois

Bway Corporation

Name: Bway Corporation Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chicago, IL · ~395 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Bway Corporation runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Lids and ends, can, light gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Bway Corporation: 4.5 TCR = 136% of Lids and ends, can, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bway Corporation safety composite

Bway Corporation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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).

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 4.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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%).

Bway Corporation held a steady TCR band

Bway Corporation's TCR held near 0.2 from 3.4 in 2016 to 3.2 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.4 · 2017=5.8 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=5.3 · 2020=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332431 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 136% of ind

DART 2.4 DART
RANK #13/16
PHOTO US Aluminum Inc
BOOK 5y book
INJ 77 inj
SIZE ~395 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: US Aluminum Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Bway Corporation averages 4.5 TCR (136% of the Lids and ends, can, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Bway Corporation TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2017=5.8 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=5.3 · 2020=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Bway Corporation falls in its industry

217 Lids and ends, can, light gaug establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 16 Lids and ends, can, light gaug employers in Illinois.

Bway Corporation (395 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Bway Corporation has more employees than the Lids and ends, can, light gauge metal, m median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2020	3.2	2.4	13	0
2019	5.3	1.0	9	13
2018	4.8	2.8	14	7
2017	5.8	3.4	22	5
2016	3.4	2.5	19	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332431 · IL · Chicago

217 Lids and ends, can, light gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	US Aluminum Inc	WAUWATOSA, WI	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	The Giorgi Companies Inc.	BLANDON, PA	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Jacksonville Can Plant	JACKSONVILLE, FL	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	J.L. Clark PA	LANCASTER, PA	4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Aisin Light Metals, LLC	MARION	395 FTE
STATE-SIZE	5485	EVERGREEN PARK	395 FTE
STATE-SIZE	PetSmart DC-36	OTTAWA	395 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ardagh Glass Inc Dolton	DOLTON	396 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago Public Schools	Chicago	49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago/Corporate	Chicago	18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago	13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University Health Service UIC UIC Campus	Chicago	12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR	Northland Plastics Inc	Sheboygan, WI	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Coleman - NBTX	New Braunfels, TX	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Looks Great Services of Mississippi Inc.	Columbia, MS	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Jazz Basketball Investors	Salt Lake City, UT	4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Cameron V&M	Ville Platte, LA	395 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bhri Orlando	Orlando, FL	395 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bhri Clute	Clute, TX	395 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Spee-Dee Delivery Service, Inc. - St. Cloud	St. Cloud, MN	395 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: 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.