Hammers, handtools, manufacturing · Illinois

Estwing Manufacturing Company

Rockford, IL · ~287 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Estwing Manufacturing Company runs at 308% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hammers, handtools, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Estwing Manufacturing Company: 10.2 TCR = 308% of Hammers, handtools, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Estwing Manufacturing Company safety composite

Estwing Manufacturing Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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).

F

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−0.5

2016→2022

Estwing Manufacturing Company injury rate improved

Estwing Manufacturing Company's TCR fell 0.5 from 9.5 in 2016 to 9.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 13.6 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.5 · 2017=12.0 · 2019=13.6 · 2020=8.3 · 2021=8.6 · 2022=9.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332216 · Rockford, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 10.2 · 308% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #16/17
  • PHOTO Midwest Tool and Cut…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 160 inj
  • SIZE ~287 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Midwest Tool and Cutlery Company (0.1 TCR gap)

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Estwing Manufacturing Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Estwing Manufacturing Company averages 10.2 TCR (308% of the Hammers, handtools, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Estwing Manufacturing Company TCR series: 2016=9.5 · 2017=12 · 2019=13.6 · 2020=8.3 · 2021=8.6 · 2022=9 · BLS 3.3

Where Estwing Manufacturing Company falls in its industry

174 Hammers, handtools, manufactur establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 17 Hammers, handtools, manufactur employers in Illinois.

Estwing Manufacturing Company (287 employees, TCR 10.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Estwing Manufacturing Company
Estwing Manufacturing Company (287 employees, TCR 10.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Estwing Manufacturing Company has more employees than the Hammers, handtools, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2022 9.0 4.7 25 2 0
2021 8.6 4.9 23 5 0
2020 8.3 5.9 24 4 0
2019 13.6 10.6 44 1 0
2017 12.0 10.3 24 3 0
2016 9.5 5.4 20 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332216 · IL · Rockford

174 Hammers, handtools, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 405 employers in Rockford, 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 Midwest Tool and Cutlery Company 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rotary / Duramatic 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Deerfield Packaging Services 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR IDL Techniedge 9.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Smithfield Foods 287 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pentair Filtration Solutions, LLC - Hanover Park 287 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corporate - Naperville 287 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 5352 287 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILRKF - ROCKFORD AIR HUB 2,634 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swedish American Hospital - 4800 2,629 FTE
CITY-NEAR PCI Pharma Services Rockford 2,175 FTE
CITY-NEAR SwedishAmerican Hospital 1,855 FTE
NAT-TCR HG654 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-SWY-0025-0025-00748 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-SWY-0005-0005-01892 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital 10.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Skagit Horticulture - MV 287 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jackson 287 FTE
NAT-SIZE Koch Cabinets Seneca 287 FTE
NAT-SIZE High School (200) 287 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.