Flat glass (e.g., float, plate) manufacturing · Illinois

Cat I Manufacturing, INC.

South Elgin, IL · ~193 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cat I Manufacturing, INC. runs at 238% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Flat glass (e.g., float, plate) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Cat I Manufacturing, INC.: 7.9 TCR = 238% of Flat glass (e.g., float, plate) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cat I Manufacturing, INC. safety composite

Cat I Manufacturing, INC. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−3.0

2020→2021

Cat I Manufacturing, INC. injury rate improved

Cat I Manufacturing, INC.'s TCR fell 3.0 from 9.3 in 2020 to 6.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=9.3 · 2021=6.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327211 · South Elgin, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.9 · 238% of ind

  • DART 5.2 DART
  • RANK #5/5
  • PHOTO Hartung Glass Renton
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~193 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hartung Glass Renton (0.1 TCR gap)

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Cat I Manufacturing, INC. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cat I Manufacturing, INC. averages 7.9 TCR (238% of the Flat glass (e.g., float, plate) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Cat I Manufacturing, INC. TCR series: 2020=9.3 · 2021=6.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Cat I Manufacturing, INC. falls in its industry

105 Flat glass (e.g., float, plate establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Flat glass (e.g., float, plate employers in Illinois.

Cat I Manufacturing, INC. (193 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 180 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0100200300400500 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Cat I Manufacturing, INC.
Cat I Manufacturing, INC. (193 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 180 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Cat I Manufacturing, INC. has more employees than the Flat glass (e.g., float, plate) manufact median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2021 6.4 5.2 11 0 0
2020 9.3 9.3 15 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327211 · IL · South Elgin

105 Flat glass (e.g., float, plate) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 45 employers in South Elgin, 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 Hartung Glass Renton 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR GGI Glass Distributors Corp. dba General Glass International 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR GGI Secaucus 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Echols Glass & Mirror, Inc. 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bolin Enterprises, Inc. 193 FTE
STATE-SIZE KS Energy Services (Northern IL) 193 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anchor Mechanical Inc. 193 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jabil 193 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hoffer Plastics 389 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1896 - South Elgin 254 FTE
CITY-NEAR Custom Aluminum Products Inc 254 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tower Hill Healthcare Center 204 FTE
NAT-TCR Parker Place 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ft. Smith Ar 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR CBJ 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR San Joaquin Regional Transit District 7.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Carlyle Compressor Remanufacturing 193 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advanced Professional Services LLC 193 FTE
NAT-SIZE Flourtown NC 193 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0649 - Homestead Pa Whse 193 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: 2021, 2020. 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.