Machine shops · Illinois

Designcraft, Inc.

Lake Zurich, IL · ~42 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Designcraft, Inc. runs at 106% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade C.

Designcraft, Inc.: 3.5 TCR = 106% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Designcraft, Inc. safety composite

Designcraft, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

C

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.0

2016→2024

Designcraft, Inc. injury rate improved

Designcraft, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.0 from 3.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.0 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=7.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=5.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Lake Zurich, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 106% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #58/103
  • PHOTO Ort Tool and Die Corp
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ort Tool and Die Corp (0.0 TCR gap)

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Designcraft, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Designcraft, Inc. averages 3.5 TCR (106% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Designcraft, Inc. TCR series: 2016=3 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=7.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=5.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Designcraft, Inc. falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 50% 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 #58 safest of 103 Machine shops employers in Illinois.

Designcraft, Inc. (42 employees, TCR 3.5) 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 Designcraft, Inc.
Designcraft, Inc. (42 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Designcraft, Inc. has fewer employees than the Machine shops median and a higher 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 5.3 5.3 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 7.7 7.7 3 0 0
2017 5.2 5.2 2 0 0
2016 3.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · IL · Lake Zurich

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 84 employers in Lake Zurich, 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 Ort Tool and Die Corp 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metro Machine, Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR L&H Threaded Rods Corp. 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wesco Machine Products 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE DAS Pontiac, IL 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waterman, IL-R&D 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Springfield IL 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Egyptian Electric Cooperative 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR B and B Maintenance, Inc. 1,077 FTE
CITY-NEAR ECHO Incorporated 945 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC 915 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fresenius Kabi USA Lake Zurich Office 853 FTE
NAT-TCR MLW - Pooler -A 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Atlas Tag & Label 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Food Giant 406 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR CRM of America LLC 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Elixir DMC Division 25 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elixir DMC Division 81 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ruppert Landscape - Mableton 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cotterman Company - California Division 42 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.