Chrome plating metals and metal products for the trade · Illinois

Ellwood Chrome Crankshaft

Name: Ellwood Chrome Crankshaft Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Joliet, IL · ~18 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

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

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The verdict

Ellwood Chrome Crankshaft 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.

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

Ellwood Chrome Crankshaft safety composite

Ellwood Chrome Crankshaft 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).

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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

−4.3

2016→2018

Ellwood Chrome Crankshaft injury rate improved

Ellwood Chrome Crankshaft's TCR fell 4.3 from 4.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.3 · 2017=5.1 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 95% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #11/37
PHOTO Coastline Metal Fini…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Coastline Metal Finishing (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.1
Coastline Meta

3.1
Frontier Group

3.1
Teikuro Ohio

3.1
EHC Kostner

3.1

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

Ellwood Chrome Crankshaft TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2017=5.1 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Ellwood Chrome Crankshaft falls in its industry

585 Chrome plating metals and meta establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 37 Chrome plating metals and meta employers in Illinois.

Ellwood Chrome Crankshaft (18 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Ellwood Chrome Crankshaft 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
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	5.1	0.0	1
2016	4.3	4.3	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · IL · Joliet

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 · 281 employers in Joliet, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Coastline Metal Finishing	GARDEN GROVE, CA	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Frontier Group Inc. Phoenix	PHOENIX, AZ	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Teikuro Ohio	SPRINGFIELD, OH	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	EHC Kostner	CHICAGO, IL	3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Lone Hollow, LLC.	BOWEN	18 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lincoln	LINCOLN	18 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Avangrid Renewables - Top of Iowa II.Barton.Winnebego	ODELL	18 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AMEREN ILLINOIS - GS Meter Shop and Engr	DECATUR	18 FTE
CITY-NEAR	County Of Will	Joliet	2,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR	North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : MDW2	Joliet	2,361 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - MDW2	Joliet	2,101 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center, Joliet	Joliet	2,089 FTE
NAT-TCR	Store 1249	Sandy Springs, GA	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	700 - Shippensburg Bobcat	Shippensburg, PA	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ngl Water Solutions, LLC-C6 Platteville	Platteville, CO	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	PolyOne	Avon Lake, OH	3.1 TCR

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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.