Barn stanchions and standards manufacturing · Illinois

Chicago Ornamental Iron, Inc

Name: Chicago Ornamental Iron, Inc Workplace Safety Data
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Chicago, IL · ~50 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Chicago Ornamental Iron, Inc runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Barn stanchions and standards manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Chicago Ornamental Iron, Inc: 1.9 TCR = 58% of Barn stanchions and standards manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chicago Ornamental Iron, Inc safety composite

Chicago Ornamental Iron, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.9 per 100 workers

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

Safer than 78% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Chicago Ornamental Iron, Inc: 1.7 → 2.1 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 2.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2021

Chicago Ornamental Iron, Inc's TCR rose 0.5 from 1.7 in 2019 to 2.1 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332323 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 58% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #2/9
PHOTO Jerith Manufacturing
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Jerith Manufacturing (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Chicago Ornamental Iron, Inc averages 1.9 TCR (58% of the Barn stanchions and standards manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Chicago Ornamental Iron, Inc TCR series: 2019=1.7 · 2021=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Chicago Ornamental Iron, Inc falls in its industry

309 Barn stanchions and standards establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 9 Barn stanchions and standards employers in Illinois.

Chicago Ornamental Iron, Inc (50 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Chicago Ornamental Iron, Inc has more employees than the Barn stanchions and standards manufactur median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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	2.1	0.0	1	0	0
2019	1.7	1.7	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332323 · IL · Chicago

309 Barn stanchions and standards 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	Jerith Manufacturing	PHILADELPHIA, PA	1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Stainless Fabricators Inc	ODESSA, FL	1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kaufman Mfg Group Inc	PATERSON, NJ	1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PRECISION LADDERS LLC	MORRISTOWN, TN	1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	DuPont Pioneer Champaign CMI1	IVESDALE	50 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1240-Monmouth, IL	MONMOUTH	50 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Constellation Nuclear Services & Training Center (STC)	WILMINGTON	50 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AMEREN ILLINOIS - Gas Storage	DECATUR	50 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	Dot Transportation, Inc- GA	Vadalia, GA	1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	LV2	Las Vegas, NV	1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Stainless Drive	Elkhart, IN	1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Paper Converting Machine Company- Glory Road	Green Bay, WI	1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Trans Am Ambulance Service	Olean, NY	50 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Federal Process Corporation	Cleveland, OH	50 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Printegra Fairport	Fairport, NY	50 FTE
NAT-SIZE	R & J Gaston	Gaston, SC	50 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, 2019. 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.