Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade · Illinois

EHC Kostner

Chicago, IL · ~33 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

EHC Kostner runs at 95% 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.

EHC Kostner: 3.1 TCR = 95% of Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

EHC Kostner safety composite

EHC Kostner scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−6.9

2016→2018

EHC Kostner injury rate improved

EHC Kostner's TCR fell 6.9 from 6.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.9 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 95% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/37
  • PHOTO Teikuro Ohio
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Teikuro Ohio (0.0 TCR gap)

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EHC Kostner in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows EHC Kostner averages 3.1 TCR (95% of the Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

EHC Kostner TCR series: 2016=6.9 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.3

Where EHC Kostner falls in its industry

585 Chrome plating metals and meta establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 37 Chrome plating metals and meta employers in Illinois.

EHC Kostner (33 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate EHC Kostner
EHC Kostner (33 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

EHC Kostner 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2016 6.9 2.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · IL · Chicago

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 · 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 Teikuro Ohio 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Texas Precision Plating 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wolverine Plating Corporation 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Schumacher 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE PharmaCann Dwight 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Konos 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mendota Farm Shop 208 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE NRG Will County Generating Station 33 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 STL - Airport United Airlines Offices 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR AC Dealer Sales 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Eagle #3280 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Northern Foreign Car Parts, Inc. (03809) 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE MCR Services 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4795-PD-BGR-BANGOR-PD 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pms Lv 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE 8796/4633-Charlotte Fabrication 33 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: 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.