Manufacturing · Illinois
Flexible Steel Lacing Company
Downers Grove, IL · ~313 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Flexible Steel Lacing Company runs at 79% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Flexible Steel Lacing Company: 2.6 TCR = 79% of Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Flexible Steel Lacing Company safety composite
Flexible Steel Lacing Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.62 per 100 workers
Safer than 61% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.94 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Flexible Steel Lacing Company: 1.7 → 4.7 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 4.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.5× in 2021
Flexible Steel Lacing Company's TCR rose 3.1 from 1.7 in 2016 to 4.7 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332510 · Downers Grove, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 79% of ind
- DART 3.9 DART
- RANK #6/17
- PHOTO DORTRONICS SYSTEMS, …
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 40 inj
- SIZE ~313 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: DORTRONICS SYSTEMS, INC. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Flexible Steel Lacing Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Flexible Steel Lacing Company
2.6 TCR
- DORTRONICS SYS
DORTRONICS SYSTEMS, INC.
2.6 TCR
- Eberhard Manuf
Eberhard Manufacturing Company
2.6 TCR
- Rocky Mountain
Rocky Mountain Hardware
2.6 TCR
- Kaba Ilco Corp
Kaba Ilco Corporation
2.6 TCR
What this shows Flexible Steel Lacing Company averages 2.6 TCR (79% of the Manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Flexible Steel Lacing Company TCR series: 2016=1.7 · 2017=1.2 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=4.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Flexible Steel Lacing Company falls in its industry
189 Manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 17 Manufacturing employers in Illinois.
Flexible Steel Lacing Company has more employees than the Manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332510 · IL · Downers Grove
189 Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 139 employers in Downers Grove, 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 | DORTRONICS SYSTEMS, INC. | 2.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Eberhard Manufacturing Company | 2.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rocky Mountain Hardware | 2.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kaba Ilco Corporation | 2.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Fareva Morton Grove Inc | 313 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ArcelorMittal Riverdale | 313 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 11DA630 MED-SURG BARLETT | 313 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Chicago | 313 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Advocate Medical Group | 5,319 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Advocate Support Centers | 2,103 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | 1,958 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ADVOCATE CHILDRENS HOSPITALS | 1,734 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Bluebird Estates | 2.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Marshall St. Center | 2.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Barker Steel - Pawtucket, Rhode Island | 2.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Vectren Corporation - Terre Haute | 2.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Sabal Palms Health Care Center | 313 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Winter Sports Inc | 313 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | SPX Cooling Technologies | 313 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | SAS Airport Services Hawaii, Inc | 313 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.