Motor vehicle seats manufacturing · Illinois
Freedman Seating Company
Chicago, IL · ~745 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 6.2
- Avg TCR
- 5.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Freedman Seating Company runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Motor vehicle seats manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Freedman Seating Company: 6.2 TCR = 115% of Motor vehicle seats manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Freedman Seating Company safety composite
Freedman Seating Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).
33/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.2 per 100 workers
Safer than 15% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.93 per 100 workers
Safer than 42% 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
−1.9
2016→2024
Freedman Seating Company injury rate improved
Freedman Seating Company's TCR fell 1.9 from 4.1 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 29.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=4.1 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=29.2 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=2.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336360 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 6.2 · 115% of ind
- DART 1.9 DART
- RANK #13/14
- PHOTO Eissmann Group Autom…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 178 inj
- SIZE ~745 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Eissmann Group Automotive (0.0 TCR gap)
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Freedman Seating Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Freedman Seating Company
6.2 TCR
- Eissmann Group
Eissmann Group Automotive
6.2 TCR
- Lear Corporati
Lear Corporation - Louisville
6.2 TCR
- Lear Corporati
Lear Corporation - Detroit Nevada
6.2 TCR
- Borgers Ohio I
Borgers Ohio Inc
6.2 TCR
What this shows Freedman Seating Company averages 6.2 TCR (115% of the Motor vehicle seats manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Freedman Seating Company TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=29.2 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 5.4
Where Freedman Seating Company falls in its industry
384 Motor vehicle seats manufactur establishmentsSafer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 14 Motor vehicle seats manufactur employers in Illinois.
Freedman Seating Company has more employees than the Motor vehicle seats manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.3 | 2.2 | 35 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 29.2 | 29.2 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336360 · IL · Chicago
384 Motor vehicle seats 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 | Eissmann Group Automotive | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lear Corporation - Louisville | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lear Corporation - Detroit Nevada | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Borgers Ohio Inc | 6.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | AMZL : DCH6 | 745 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | F H Paschen, S N Nielsen & Associates, LLC | 744 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fresh Express Incorporated | 746 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - MDW6 | 744 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 | Port Huron Thrift Store | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | North Central International LLC | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | C.R. Wolfe Heating Corp. | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Crest Foods Store 7 | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Anchorage FO/INFL Alaska | 745 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Alice Hyde Medical Center | 745 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trustbridge, Inc. | 745 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Torrance Health Association | 745 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.