Hot forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished · Illinois
Cornell Forge
Chicago, IL · ~103 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Cornell Forge runs at 221% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hot forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished workplace, earning a grade F.
Cornell Forge: 7.3 TCR = 221% of Hot forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Cornell Forge safety composite
Cornell Forge scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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).
29/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.28 per 100 workers
Safer than 26% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.36 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% 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
Cornell Forge: 5.3 → 6.4 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 10.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.87× in 2024
Cornell Forge's TCR rose 1.1 from 5.3 in 2018 to 6.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332111 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 221% of ind
- DART 6.4 DART
- RANK #12/19
- PHOTO Ameribolt Sycamore, Al
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 53 inj
- SIZE ~103 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Ameribolt Sycamore, Al (0.0 TCR gap)
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Cornell Forge in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Cornell Forge
7.3 TCR
- Ameribolt Syca
Ameribolt Sycamore, Al
7.3 TCR
- Kentucky Mount
Kentucky Mountain Industries, Inc.
7.3 TCR
- Medico Industr
Medico Industries, Inc. Hanover
7.3 TCR
- Newton Instrum
Newton Instrument Company, Inc.
7.2 TCR
What this shows Cornell Forge averages 7.3 TCR (221% of the Hot forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS benchmark).
Cornell Forge TCR series: 2018=5.3 · 2019=10.9 · 2020=7.6 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=8 · 2023=7.2 · 2024=6.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Cornell Forge falls in its industry
241 Hot forgings made from purchas establishmentsSafer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 19 Hot forgings made from purchas employers in Illinois.
Cornell Forge has more employees than the Hot forgings made from purchased iron or 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 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332111 · IL · Chicago
241 Hot forgings made from purchased iron or 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 | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Ameribolt Sycamore, Al | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kentucky Mountain Industries, Inc. | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Medico Industries, Inc. Hanover | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Newton Instrument Company, Inc. | 7.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Maywood Tech Center | 103 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bellwood Reporting Center | 103 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Allied Power Services - Exelon, Braidwood Station | 103 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Western Utility LLC | 103 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 | Barboursville Wv - 3370 | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dfa-Itc - Cedarburg Wi | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Saginaw East Side Garage -Mdot | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | International Wholesale Tile, LLC | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ermco Components | 103 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lakeland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC | 103 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ciocca Ford of Quakertown | 103 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Twin City EDM | 103 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.