Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing · Illinois

Ford Tool & Machining, LLC

Loves Park, IL · ~42 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ford Tool & Machining, LLC runs at 110% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Ford Tool & Machining, LLC: 3.6 TCR = 110% of Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ford Tool & Machining, LLC safety composite

Ford Tool & Machining, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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).

D

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.5

2021→2022

Ford Tool & Machining, LLC injury rate improved

Ford Tool & Machining, LLC's TCR fell 2.5 from 4.9 in 2021 to 2.4 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=4.9 · 2022=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333517 · Loves Park, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 110% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #14/35
  • PHOTO Northstar Metal Prod…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Northstar Metal Products (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ford Tool & Machining, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ford Tool & Machining, LLC averages 3.6 TCR (110% of the Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ford Tool & Machining, LLC TCR series: 2021=4.9 · 2022=2.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Ford Tool & Machining, LLC falls in its industry

391 Sheet metal forming machines m establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 35 Sheet metal forming machines m employers in Illinois.

Ford Tool & Machining, LLC (42 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ford Tool & Machining, LLC
Ford Tool & Machining, LLC (42 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Ford Tool & Machining, LLC has fewer employees than the Sheet metal forming machines manufacturi median and a higher 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
2022 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2021 4.9 2.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333517 · IL · Loves Park

391 Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 59 employers in Loves Park, 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 Northstar Metal Products 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR TRUMPF Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conway Plant 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bourn & Koch LLC 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE DAS Pontiac, IL 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waterman, IL-R&D 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Springfield IL 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Egyptian Electric Cooperative 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Loves Park Campus 1,186 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rock Cut Campus 850 FTE
CITY-NEAR Danfoss LLC 439 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mondelez International-Rockford Plant 405 FTE
NAT-TCR 877 Stewart Ave Suite 7 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Cedar Rapids IA Thrift Store 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Darien 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Indiana Packers 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lyft TBS Warehouse SAN 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Simmers Buffalo 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Transportation 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Epocs Manufacturing Inc. 42 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. 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.