Forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished · Illinois
Finkl Steel
Chicago, IL · ~295 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Finkl Steel runs at 74% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished workplace, earning a grade B.
Finkl Steel: 2.4 TCR = 74% of Forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Finkl Steel safety composite
Finkl Steel scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% 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).
70/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 2.43 per 100 workers
Safer than 80% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 71% 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
−2.9
2018→2024
Finkl Steel injury rate improved
Finkl Steel's TCR fell 2.9 from 4.4 in 2018 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=4.4 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=3.0 · 2022=0.6 · 2023=1.0 · 2024=1.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332111 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 74% of ind
- DART 0.3 DART
- RANK #3/19
- PHOTO American Axle & Manu…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 59 inj
- SIZE ~295 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. - Wooster Manufacturing Facility (0.0 TCR gap)
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Finkl Steel in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Worthington St
Worthington Steel Taylor
2.5 TCR
- Eastham Forge
Eastham Forge Inc
2.5 TCR
- This site
Finkl Steel
2.4 TCR
- American Axle
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. - Wooster Manufacturing Facility
2.4 TCR
- Standard Forge
Standard Forged Products
2.4 TCR
What this shows Finkl Steel averages 2.4 TCR (74% of the Forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS benchmark).
Finkl Steel TCR series: 2018=4.4 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=3 · 2022=0.6 · 2023=1 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Finkl Steel falls in its industry
241 Forgings made from purchased i establishmentsSafer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 19 Forgings made from purchased i employers in Illinois.
Finkl Steel has more employees than the Forgings made from purchased iron or ste median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.4 | 0.9 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332111 · IL · Chicago
241 Forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished 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 | American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. - Wooster Manufacturing Facility | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Worthington Steel Taylor | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Standard Forged Products | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Eastham Forge Inc | 2.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Corp | 295 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SYGMA-Illinois 090 | 295 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1602 | 295 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 4009 CENTRAL REGION-CARPENTERSVILLE | 295 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 | Parsons Government Center - General Government | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Chapman Partnership Homestead | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Shell Gulf of Mexico | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hickory Construction Company | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Holy Redeemer Lafayette | 295 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hartford Correctional Center | 295 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CS Wholesale Grocers : Miami, FL (GDC) | 295 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | LVMPD - Convention Center Area Command | 295 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.