Steel forgings made from purchased steel, unfinished · Illinois

Charles E. Larson & Sons, Inc.

Name: Charles E. Larson & Sons, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chicago, IL · ~63 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Charles E. Larson & Sons, Inc. runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Steel forgings made from purchased steel, unfinished workplace, earning a grade C.

Charles E. Larson & Sons, Inc.: 2.8 TCR = 85% of Steel forgings made from purchased steel, unfinished BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Charles E. Larson & Sons, Inc. safety composite

Charles E. Larson & Sons, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Charles E. Larson & Sons, Inc.: 2.0 → 3.9 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 5.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Charles E. Larson & Sons, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.8 from 2.0 in 2017 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332111 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 85% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #5/19
PHOTO Whitcraft LLC
BOOK 6y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Whitcraft LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Meritor

2.9
This site

2.8
Whitcraft LLC

2.8
American Cold

2.8
Oxford Forge

2.7

What this shows Charles E. Larson & Sons, Inc. averages 2.8 TCR (85% of the Steel forgings made from purchased steel, unfinished BLS benchmark).

Charles E. Larson & Sons, Inc. TCR series: 2017=2 · 2018=4.9 · 2019=1 · 2021=5 · 2022=0 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Charles E. Larson & Sons, Inc. falls in its industry

241 Steel forgings made from purch establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

Grade C

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 19 Steel forgings made from purch employers in Illinois.

Charles E. Larson & Sons, Inc. (63 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.0

Charles E. Larson & Sons, Inc. has fewer employees than the Steel forgings made from purchased steel median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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
2024	3.9	0.0	2
2022	0.0	0.0	0
2021	5.0	2.5	2
2019	1.0	1.0	1
2018	4.9	4.9	5
2017	2.0	2.0	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332111 · IL · Chicago

241 Steel forgings made from purchased steel, unfinished 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	Whitcraft LLC	EUCLID, OH	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	American Cold Forge	NORTHWOOD, OH	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Meritor	MORRISTOWN, TN	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Oxford Forge	OXFORD, MI	2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Waterman, IL-STC	WATERMAN	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hinsdale Nurseries, Inc. Plano	PLANO	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	40L - IL Relay & Ops	DECATUR	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Water/Public Works, Public Utiities	JOLIET	63 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	Fisher Auto Parts - DYTNOH	Dayton, OH	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Rialto Plant #24	Rialto, CA	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Concrete Technologies, Inc.	Grimes, IA	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sutherlands Home Base - Nevada	Nevada, MO	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Klink Trucking Ashley	Ashley, IN	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hales Sand & Gravel	Redmond, UT	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Concordia Electric Cooperative	Jonesville, LA	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lone Star Grading & Materials, LLC	Belton, TX	63 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, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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