Bumpers and bumperettes assembled, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · Illinois
Flex-N-Gate Chicago
Chicago, IL · ~544 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.5
- Avg TCR
- 5.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Flex-N-Gate Chicago runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bumpers and bumperettes assembled, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Flex-N-Gate Chicago: 4.5 TCR = 84% of Bumpers and bumperettes assembled, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Flex-N-Gate Chicago safety composite
Flex-N-Gate Chicago scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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).
39/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.51 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.03 per 100 workers
Safer than 40% 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
−3.2
2023→2024
Flex-N-Gate Chicago injury rate improved
Flex-N-Gate Chicago's TCR fell 3.2 from 6.1 in 2023 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2023=6.1 · 2024=2.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336390 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 4.5 · 84% of ind
- DART 2.0 DART
- RANK #32/41
- PHOTO Oakley - Flint
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 34 inj
- SIZE ~544 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Oakley - Flint (0.0 TCR gap)
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Flex-N-Gate Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Flex-N-Gate Chicago
4.5 TCR
- Oakley - Flint
Oakley - Flint
4.5 TCR
- M+H Fayettevil
M+H Fayetteville Plant
4.5 TCR
- Flex N Gate Tr
Flex N Gate Troy LLC
4.5 TCR
- SEJONG ALABAMA
SEJONG ALABAMA LLC
4.5 TCR
What this shows Flex-N-Gate Chicago averages 4.5 TCR (84% of the Bumpers and bumperettes assembled, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Flex-N-Gate Chicago TCR series: 2023=6.1 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 5.4
Where Flex-N-Gate Chicago falls in its industry
772 Bumpers and bumperettes assemb establishmentsSafer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 41 Bumpers and bumperettes assemb employers in Illinois.
Flex-N-Gate Chicago has more employees than the Bumpers and bumperettes assembled, autom median and a higher 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 | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.1 | 2.6 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
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 | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Oakley - Flint | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | M+H Fayetteville Plant | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Flex N Gate Troy LLC | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SEJONG ALABAMA LLC | 4.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas Marengo | 544 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Roseland Community Hospital | 544 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Chicago North | 545 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | OSI Group, LLC | 545 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 | MOM's Organic Market - Gaithersburg | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Horizon Manufacturing Group | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | John Ray & Sons | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Allied Waste Systems, Inc. DBA Allied Waste Services of Pierson//Republic Services of Pierson | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Hyatt Regency Seattle | 544 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | US Foods Plymouth | 544 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Friendship Village Sunset Hills | 544 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Great Dane Trailers | 544 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.