Swatches and samples, mounting for the trade · Illinois

E.W. Bredemeier

Chicago, IL · ~89 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

E.W. Bredemeier runs at 43% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Swatches and samples, mounting for the trade workplace, earning a grade A.

E.W. Bredemeier: 1.4 TCR = 43% of Swatches and samples, mounting for the trade BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

E.W. Bredemeier safety composite

E.W. Bredemeier scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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%).

E.W. Bredemeier held a steady TCR band

E.W. Bredemeier's TCR held near 0.1 from 1.1 in 2022 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=1.1 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 323120 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 43% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #2/7
  • PHOTO The Toledo Ticket Co…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~89 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Toledo Ticket Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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E.W. Bredemeier in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows E.W. Bredemeier averages 1.4 TCR (43% of the Swatches and samples, mounting for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

E.W. Bredemeier TCR series: 2022=1.1 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where E.W. Bredemeier falls in its industry

90 Swatches and samples, mounting establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 7 Swatches and samples, mounting employers in Illinois.

E.W. Bredemeier (89 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate E.W. Bredemeier
E.W. Bredemeier (89 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.3

E.W. Bredemeier has more employees than the Swatches and samples, mounting for the t median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2023 2.1 1.0 2 0 0
2022 1.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

323120 · IL · Chicago

90 Swatches and samples, mounting 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 The Toledo Ticket Company 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tampa (PhotoEngraving) 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vista Display Products 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR OEC Graphics - Oshkosh 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Decatur 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG Des Plaines Reporting Center 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mundelein 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE Macon GC LLC 89 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 Metro Aviation Inc 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Perform Air International 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Loftus Masonry, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Aiken Substation Transmission 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pexco, LLC - Athol 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stanley Engineering Co LLC 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fireye, Inc 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aulick Manufacturing Inc 89 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, 2022. 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.