Hardening (i.e., heat treating) metals and metal products for the trade · Illinois
FPM Heat Treating - Cherry Valley
Cherry Valley, IL · ~69 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
FPM Heat Treating - Cherry Valley runs at 152% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hardening (i.e., heat treating) metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.
FPM Heat Treating - Cherry Valley: 5.0 TCR = 152% of Hardening (i.e., heat treating) metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
FPM Heat Treating - Cherry Valley safety composite
FPM Heat Treating - Cherry Valley scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).
34/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.01 per 100 workers
Safer than 40% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.49 per 100 workers
Safer than 15% 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%).
Rising injury rate
FPM Heat Treating - Cherry Valley: 7.1 → 7.8 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 7.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.3× in 2024
FPM Heat Treating - Cherry Valley's TCR rose 0.7 from 7.1 in 2021 to 7.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332811 · Cherry Valley, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 152% of ind
- DART 6.5 DART
- RANK #16/24
- PHOTO Bodycote Thermal Pro…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~69 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. - Grand Rapids (0.0 TCR gap)
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FPM Heat Treating - Cherry Valley in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Pillar Inducti
Pillar Induction Sterling Heights
5.1 TCR
- This site
FPM Heat Treating - Cherry Valley
5 TCR
- Bodycote Therm
Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. - Grand Rapids
5 TCR
- Tejas Tubular
Tejas Tubular Products Casing
5 TCR
- Nitrex Inc - N
Nitrex Inc - Nevada Operations
4.9 TCR
What this shows FPM Heat Treating - Cherry Valley averages 5.0 TCR (152% of the Hardening (i.e., heat treating) metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).
FPM Heat Treating - Cherry Valley TCR series: 2021=7.1 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=2 · 2024=7.8 · BLS 3.3
Where FPM Heat Treating - Cherry Valley falls in its industry
248 Hardening (i.e., heat treating establishmentsSafer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 24 Hardening (i.e., heat treating employers in Illinois.
FPM Heat Treating - Cherry Valley has more employees than the Hardening (i.e., heat treating) metals a median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.1 | 4.3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332811 · IL · Cherry Valley
248 Hardening (i.e., heat treating) metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 10 employers in Cherry Valley, 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 | Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. - Grand Rapids | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tejas Tubular Products Casing | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pillar Induction Sterling Heights | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nitrex Inc - Nevada Operations | 4.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Pioneer HiBred International Inc. McLeansboro Production | 69 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Corteva Litchfield | 69 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2057-Centralia, IL (Monsanto Co.) | 69 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hennepin Power Station | 69 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cherry Valley | 152 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 747 CHERRY VALLEY | 99 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FPM Heat Treating Cherry Valley | 84 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ringland-Johnson, Inc | 82 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Woods at Merrimack | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Giant Food Stores 6045 | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | West Valley City UT DI | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 3484 North Nashua | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Electro-Miniatures Corp. | 69 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gonzalez Ag, Inc | 69 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Nouryon Surface Chemistry LLC | 69 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Apex Operations | 69 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.