Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade · Illinois
Duro-Chrome Industries, Inc.
Wauconda, IL · ~28 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Duro-Chrome Industries, Inc. runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade C.
Duro-Chrome Industries, Inc.: 2.9 TCR = 88% of Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Duro-Chrome Industries, Inc. safety composite
Duro-Chrome Industries, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 64% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.55 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% 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
Duro-Chrome Industries, Inc.: 0.0 → 5.5 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 6.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.9× in 2024
Duro-Chrome Industries, Inc.'s TCR rose 5.5 from 0.0 in 2019 to 5.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332813 · Wauconda, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 88% of ind
- DART 5.5 DART
- RANK #10/37
- PHOTO Lincoln Industries -…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~28 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lincoln Industries - Main Plant (0.0 TCR gap)
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Duro-Chrome Industries, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Duro-Chrome Industries, Inc.
2.9 TCR
- Lincoln Indust
Lincoln Industries - Main Plant
2.9 TCR
- LMI - Tulsa
LMI - Tulsa
2.9 TCR
- RIE Coatings,
RIE Coatings, LLC Albuquerque
2.9 TCR
- Seidel, Inc
Seidel, Inc
2.9 TCR
What this shows Duro-Chrome Industries, Inc. averages 2.9 TCR (88% of the Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).
Duro-Chrome Industries, Inc. TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=5.6 · 2023=6.3 · 2024=5.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Duro-Chrome Industries, Inc. falls in its industry
585 Chrome plating metals and meta establishmentsSafer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 37 Chrome plating metals and meta employers in Illinois.
Duro-Chrome Industries, Inc. has fewer employees than the Chrome plating metals and metal products median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332813 · IL · Wauconda
585 Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 46 employers in Wauconda, 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 | Lincoln Industries - Main Plant | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | LMI - Tulsa | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | RIE Coatings, LLC Albuquerque | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Seidel, Inc | 2.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Elite Growers, Inc. | 28 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Charles River Avian Roanoke | 28 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Corteva Agriscience Princeton IL Research-PRI2 | 28 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tracy Export, Inc. | 28 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Synergy Flavors, Inc. | 224 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Acres Group - Wauconda facility | 215 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Berger Excavating Contractors | 161 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wauconda, IL | 157 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Switchgear Power Systems, LLC | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Vogue Laundry & Cleaners Inc | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Johansen Construction Company | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CCNA L.V. Syrup Plant | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | William Kelley Elementary | 28 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Felger Hart Inc | 28 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dc Power Tong LLC | 28 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dyersburg Save-A-Lot | 28 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.