Machine shops · Illinois

Dekalb Forge Annex

Dekalb, IL · ~63 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dekalb Forge Annex runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade C.

Dekalb Forge Annex: 3.4 TCR = 104% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dekalb Forge Annex safety composite

Dekalb Forge Annex scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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).

D

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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%).

Dekalb Forge Annex held a steady TCR band

Dekalb Forge Annex's TCR held near 0.2 from 3.4 in 2021 to 3.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=3.4 · 2022=7.1 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Dekalb, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 104% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #56/103
  • PHOTO Gulf Machine Shop, I…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gulf Machine Shop, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dekalb Forge Annex in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dekalb Forge Annex averages 3.4 TCR (104% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Dekalb Forge Annex TCR series: 2021=3.4 · 2022=7.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Dekalb Forge Annex falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #56 safest of 103 Machine shops employers in Illinois.

Dekalb Forge Annex (63 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Dekalb Forge Annex
Dekalb Forge Annex (63 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Dekalb Forge Annex has more employees than the Machine shops median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 3.2 1.6 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 7.1 4.2 5 0 0
2021 3.4 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · IL · Dekalb

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 93 employers in Dekalb, 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 Gulf Machine Shop, Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cremach Tech, Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR B&R Machine 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Waterman, IL-STC 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hinsdale Nurseries, Inc. Plano 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE 40L - IL Relay & Ops 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water/Public Works, Public Utiities 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - UDC-DeKalb 1,635 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - DeKalb UDC 1,411 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital 1,067 FTE
CITY-NEAR DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 940 FTE
NAT-TCR Asia Union Electronic Chemicals-Reno, Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 8010105 Mars Chocolate Henderson 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR O'Dwyer Gardens Consol 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Del Rio Sector 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE LAZ Parking Louisiana, LLC 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gaithersburg MD Yard 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Williams Contracting Company, LLC 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Belleville 63 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. 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.