Forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished · Illinois

Clifford-Jacobs Forging Company

Champaign, IL · ~121 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Clifford-Jacobs Forging Company runs at 408% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished workplace, earning a grade F.

Clifford-Jacobs Forging Company: 13.5 TCR = 408% of Forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Clifford-Jacobs Forging Company safety composite

Clifford-Jacobs Forging Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 13.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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

−9.6

2017→2024

Clifford-Jacobs Forging Company injury rate improved

Clifford-Jacobs Forging Company's TCR fell 9.6 from 26.4 in 2017 to 16.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 26.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=26.4 · 2018=10.8 · 2019=8.6 · 2020=10.9 · 2021=5.6 · 2022=17.5 · 2023=11.3 · 2024=16.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332111 · Champaign, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 13.5 · 408% of ind

  • DART 13.9 DART
  • RANK #19/19
  • PHOTO Progressive Metal Fo…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 130 inj
  • SIZE ~121 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Progressive Metal Forming, Inc. (0.3 TCR gap)

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Clifford-Jacobs Forging Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Clifford-Jacobs Forging Company averages 13.5 TCR (408% of the Forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS benchmark).

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

Clifford-Jacobs Forging Company TCR series: 2017=26.4 · 2018=10.8 · 2019=8.6 · 2020=10.9 · 2021=5.6 · 2022=17.5 · 2023=11.3 · 2024=16.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Clifford-Jacobs Forging Company falls in its industry

241 Forgings made from purchased i establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 19 Forgings made from purchased i employers in Illinois.

Clifford-Jacobs Forging Company (121 employees, TCR 13.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.0 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Clifford-Jacobs Forging Company
Clifford-Jacobs Forging Company (121 employees, TCR 13.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.0

Clifford-Jacobs Forging Company has more employees than the Forgings made from purchased iron or ste median and a higher 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 16.7 13.9 14 4 0
2023 11.3 10.6 16 0 0
2022 17.5 13.0 23 0 0
2021 5.6 3.7 5 1 0
2020 10.9 7.9 11 0 0
2019 8.6 6.6 13 0 0
2018 10.8 7.4 19 0 0
2017 26.4 17.0 29 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332111 · IL · Champaign

241 Forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 200 employers in Champaign, 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 Progressive Metal Forming, Inc. 13.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR St. Croix Forge, Inc. 13.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pioneer Forge Division of Powers and Sons LLC 14.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Star Forge Inc 12.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Waterman, IL 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1 Lincoln Center 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aurora 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE MS - East Peoria, IL - 1EPIL 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-CHAM 1,103 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kraft Heinz Company 1,088 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kraft Heinz Champaign 918 FTE
CITY-NEAR College Fresh 840 FTE
NAT-TCR Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Tnemec Baltimore 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Ervin Amasteel-Butler Plant 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Carrara Steel 13.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Marson International LLC 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Greenfield Products 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plastic Products Co., Inc. - Greenville 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at East Hartford Public Schools 121 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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.