Circuit boards, printed, bare, manufacturing · Illinois

Creation Technologies Chicago BU

Wheeling, IL · ~167 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Creation Technologies Chicago BU runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Circuit boards, printed, bare, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Creation Technologies Chicago BU: 1.6 TCR = 48% of Circuit boards, printed, bare, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Creation Technologies Chicago BU safety composite

Creation Technologies Chicago BU scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−1.8

2016→2021

Creation Technologies Chicago BU injury rate improved

Creation Technologies Chicago BU's TCR fell 1.8 from 1.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.8 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=1.0 · 2019=0.6 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334412 · Wheeling, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 48% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/9
  • PHOTO TTMTECHNOLOGIES
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~167 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TTMTECHNOLOGIES (0.0 TCR gap)

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Creation Technologies Chicago BU in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Creation Technologies Chicago BU averages 1.6 TCR (48% of the Circuit boards, printed, bare, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Creation Technologies Chicago BU TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=1 · 2019=0.6 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Creation Technologies Chicago BU falls in its industry

97 Circuit boards, printed, bare, establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 9 Circuit boards, printed, bare, employers in Illinois.

Creation Technologies Chicago BU (167 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 143 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 0200400600800 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Creation Technologies Chicago BU
Creation Technologies Chicago BU (167 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 143 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Creation Technologies Chicago BU has more employees than the Circuit boards, printed, bare, manufactu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.8 1.9 5 0 0
2019 0.6 0.6 1 0 0
2018 1.0 0.0 2 0 0
2017 1.4 1.4 3 0 0
2016 1.8 0.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334412 · IL · Wheeling

97 Circuit boards, printed, bare, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 136 employers in Wheeling, 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 TTMTECHNOLOGIES 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jabil Inc 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kimball Electronics Group, LLC 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR i3 Electronics - Endicott 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Martin Cement Company - Romeoville 167 FTE
STATE-SIZE DaBecca Natural Foods, Inc 167 FTE
STATE-SIZE Evonik Mapleton 167 FTE
STATE-SIZE Universal Beauty Products, Inc. 167 FTE
CITY-NEAR IL-01 4,581 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wheeling School District 21 967 FTE
CITY-NEAR Main Office - 01 800 FTE
CITY-NEAR Response Team 1 728 FTE
NAT-TCR Rinker INDCP2 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Park & Recreation Department 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Coaster-SF 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Administration-Support Personnel 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Nsroc Iii 167 FTE
NAT-SIZE LaMirada - New Bus Budget 167 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wilson Trailer Comapany Plant 7 167 FTE
NAT-SIZE HWS 167 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.