Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Illinois

Chicago Metal Fabricators, Inc.

Chicago, IL · ~52 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chicago Metal Fabricators, Inc. runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Chicago Metal Fabricators, Inc.: 1.5 TCR = 46% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chicago Metal Fabricators, Inc. safety composite

Chicago Metal Fabricators, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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%).

Chicago Metal Fabricators, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Chicago Metal Fabricators, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 1.5 in 2017 to 1.6 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.5 · 2018=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 46% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #8/51
  • PHOTO Hanley Steel, Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hanley Steel, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chicago Metal Fabricators, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chicago Metal Fabricators, Inc. averages 1.5 TCR (46% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Chicago Metal Fabricators, Inc. TCR series: 2017=1.5 · 2018=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Chicago Metal Fabricators, Inc. falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 51 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Illinois.

Chicago Metal Fabricators, Inc. (52 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Chicago Metal Fabricators, Inc.
Chicago Metal Fabricators, Inc. (52 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Chicago Metal Fabricators, Inc. has fewer employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2017 1.5 1.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · IL · Chicago

1,491 Fabricated structural 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR Hanley Steel, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Niles Building Products Company - Florida 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SteelFab, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 104658 - Tijuana River Barrier 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Curative Health Cultivation LLC 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2502-Ashton, IL (Monsanto Co.) 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sauget 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1240-Monmouth, IL (Monsanto Co.) 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR 43511b - Greenville Tx Bins 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Allegheny Singer Research Institute 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Bay Minette Tube Plant 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Auburn- Branch 1 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 60 Taylor Entrance Systems 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE HydroChem LLC-CTS 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Damascus Inn Inc. 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Buckhead Meat of North Carolina 52 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. 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.