Bumpers and bumperettes assembled, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · Illinois

Flex N Gate Chicago

Name: Flex N Gate Chicago Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chicago, IL · ~568 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 2.1
Avg TCR: 5.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Flex N Gate Chicago runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Bumpers and bumperettes assembled, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Flex N Gate Chicago: 2.1 TCR = 39% of Bumpers and bumperettes assembled, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Flex N Gate Chicago safety composite

Flex N Gate Chicago scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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%).

Flex N Gate Chicago held a steady TCR band

Flex N Gate Chicago's TCR held near 0.1 from 1.7 in 2019 to 1.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.7 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336390 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 2.1 · 39% of ind

DART 1.7 DART
RANK #18/41
PHOTO Artec Industries LLC
BOOK 4y book
INJ 40 inj
SIZE ~568 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Artec Industries LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.1
Artec Industri

2.1
DPAM-LB

2.1
Tenneco

2.1
Faurecia Exhau

2.1

What this shows Flex N Gate Chicago averages 2.1 TCR (39% of the Bumpers and bumperettes assembled, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Flex N Gate Chicago TCR series: 2019=1.7 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=1.7 · BLS 5.4

Where Flex N Gate Chicago falls in its industry

772 Bumpers and bumperettes assemb establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 41 Bumpers and bumperettes assemb employers in Illinois.

Flex N Gate Chicago (568 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Flex N Gate Chicago has more employees than the Bumpers and bumperettes assembled, autom median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2022	1.7	1.7	9
2021	2.4	1.8	11
2020	2.5	0.6	12
2019	1.7	0.6	8

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336390 · IL · Chicago

772 Bumpers and bumperettes assembled, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Artec Industries LLC	NORTH SALT LAKE, UT	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	DPAM-LB	LONG BEACH, CA	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Tenneco	JEFFERSONVILLE, IN	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Faurecia Exhaust Systems, Inc.	FRANKLIN, OH	2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	2001 York Rd	OAK BROOK	568 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MSI Express - Batavia	BATAVIA	569 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dakkota Integrated Systems	CHICAGO	567 FTE
STATE-SIZE	US - Corporate : 0G02	LINCOLNSHIRE	569 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago Public Schools	Chicago	49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago/Corporate	Chicago	18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago	13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University Health Service UIC UIC Campus	Chicago	12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR	Cylinder Manufacturing Valve & Pump Plant	Hays, KS	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	National Presto Industries, Inc.	Eau Claire, WI	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Caltronics	Sacramento, CA	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tricont Trucking Company	Plant City, FL	2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Kollsman, Inc.	Merrimack, NH	568 FTE
NAT-SIZE	142401-Honolulu Hi P&Dc	Honolulu, HI	568 FTE
NAT-SIZE	FTW Railhead	Fort Worth, TX	568 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Thermo Fisher Scientific Millersburg Main Campus	Millersburg, PA	568 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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