Etching metals and metal products (except printing plates) for the trade · Illinois

Fotofab

Chicago, IL · ~46 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fotofab runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Etching metals and metal products (except printing plates) for the trade workplace, earning a grade A.

Fotofab: 1.3 TCR = 39% of Etching metals and metal products (except printing plates) for the trade BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fotofab safety composite

Fotofab scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

Fotofab held a steady TCR band

Fotofab's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332812 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 39% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/41
  • PHOTO Howmet - Branford
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Howmet - Branford (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fotofab in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fotofab averages 1.3 TCR (39% of the Etching metals and metal products (except printing plates) for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Fotofab TCR series: 2017=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Fotofab falls in its industry

646 Etching metals and metal produ establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 41 Etching metals and metal produ employers in Illinois.

Fotofab (46 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Fotofab
Fotofab (46 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Fotofab has fewer employees than the Etching metals and metal products (excep median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2022 4.4 4.4 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332812 · IL · Chicago

646 Etching metals and metal products (except printing plates) for the trade 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 Howmet - Branford 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR CPS Houston 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Schafer Powder Coating 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR LBFoster Protective Coatings Birmingham 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Carlyle KFC (MPF1) 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2502-Ashton, IL 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE MID AMERICA ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Utility Department 46 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 Recovery Village Palm Beach 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Woodgrain 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR South Alabama Electric Cooperative 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Brunswick Bowling Products 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Prince Manufacturing Corporation-Yankton 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hazel Distribution 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goff inc 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roy Lomas Carpet Contractor, Inc. 46 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2017. 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.