Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing · Illinois

Garbe Iron Works, Inc.

Aurora, IL · ~20 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

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

Garbe Iron Works, Inc. runs at 99% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Garbe Iron Works, Inc.: 3.3 TCR = 99% of Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Garbe Iron Works, Inc. safety composite

Garbe Iron Works, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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%).

TCR Δ

−18.4

2016→2024

Garbe Iron Works, Inc. injury rate improved

Garbe Iron Works, Inc.'s TCR fell 18.4 from 18.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 18.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=18.4 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=11.2 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Aurora, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 99% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/51
  • PHOTO Omega Steel, Inc.
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Omega Steel, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Garbe Iron Works, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Garbe Iron Works, Inc. averages 3.3 TCR (99% of the Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Garbe Iron Works, Inc. TCR series: 2016=18.4 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=11.2 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Garbe Iron Works, Inc. falls in its industry

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 51 Structural steel, fabricated, employers in Illinois.

Garbe Iron Works, Inc. (20 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Garbe Iron Works, Inc.
Garbe Iron Works, Inc. (20 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Garbe Iron Works, Inc. has fewer employees than the Structural steel, fabricated, manufactur median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 11.2 11.2 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 18.4 12.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · IL · Aurora

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 325 employers in Aurora, 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 Omega Steel, Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR ShawCor Pipe Protection - Mobile Technologies Group 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Anna Shop 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR JWF Industries 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE East Ridge 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bay Creek 4 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Deer Run 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand View Farms, LLC. 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indian Prairie School District 204 3,309 FTE
CITY-NEAR Factor Aurora 2,167 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rush Copley Medical Center, Inc. 2,163 FTE
CITY-NEAR ANDY FRAIN SERVICES INC 2,100 FTE
NAT-TCR Madison 10076 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Redington Fairview General Hospital 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Dakota Corp dba Jessie Bryant Roofing 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR The Blossoms at Hot Springs 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Servpro of South Orlando 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Redwood Distribution Center 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hood Container Wilmington 151 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE GGI Rockingham 20 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.