Furniture frames and parts, metal, manufacturing · Illinois

Edsal Manufacturing

Chicago, IL · ~500 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Edsal Manufacturing runs at 147% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Furniture frames and parts, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Edsal Manufacturing: 4.8 TCR = 147% of Furniture frames and parts, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Edsal Manufacturing safety composite

Edsal Manufacturing scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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

−3.6

2016→2024

Edsal Manufacturing injury rate improved

Edsal Manufacturing's TCR fell 3.6 from 5.2 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.2 · 2017=9.5 · 2018=7.4 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=5.0 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 337215 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 147% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #14/26
  • PHOTO Lozier Corporation -…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 181 inj
  • SIZE ~500 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lozier Corporation - Omaha (0.0 TCR gap)

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Edsal Manufacturing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Edsal Manufacturing averages 4.8 TCR (147% of the Furniture frames and parts, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Edsal Manufacturing TCR series: 2016=5.2 · 2017=9.5 · 2018=7.4 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=5 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Edsal Manufacturing falls in its industry

231 Furniture frames and parts, me establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 26 Furniture frames and parts, me employers in Illinois.

Edsal Manufacturing (500 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Edsal Manufacturing
Edsal Manufacturing (500 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Edsal Manufacturing has more employees than the Furniture frames and parts, metal, manuf median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 1.6 1.6 7 0 0
2023 2.3 2.0 9 1 0
2021 5.0 4.3 21 0 0
2020 3.2 2.6 16 0 0
2019 4.5 1.0 17 1 0
2018 7.4 2.5 30 0 0
2017 9.5 1.1 37 17 0
2016 5.2 0.3 44 11 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

337215 · IL · Chicago

231 Furniture frames and parts, metal, manufacturing 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 Lozier Corporation - Omaha 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR manufacturing 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Presence From Innovation 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bartimaeus by Design 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Central Administration 500 FTE
STATE-SIZE PPI Batavia PKG 500 FTE
STATE-SIZE LTD Aurora (Westridge) # 7 500 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hearthside Food Solutions 500 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 Manufacturing - 01 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 89-Usf-Olf Lawrenceville 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lanford Brothers Company Inc. 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Migala Inc 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Carson Valley Inn 500 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jay-Ton Construction 500 FTE
NAT-SIZE San Antonio Home Care 500 FTE
NAT-SIZE HID Global 500 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, 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.