Abrasive products manufacturing · Illinois
Gardner Abrasives
South Beloit, IL · ~69 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 12.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Gardner Abrasives runs at 373% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Abrasive products manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Gardner Abrasives: 12.3 TCR = 373% of Abrasive products manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Gardner Abrasives safety composite
Gardner Abrasives scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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).
17/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 12.32 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 11.23 per 100 workers
Safer than 7% 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
−5.3
2017→2024
Gardner Abrasives injury rate improved
Gardner Abrasives's TCR fell 5.3 from 18.2 in 2017 to 12.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 18.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=18.2 · 2022=12.6 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=12.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 327910 · South Beloit, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 12.3 · 373% of ind
- DART 11.2 DART
- RANK #13/13
- PHOTO Carbide Industries, …
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 21 inj
- SIZE ~69 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Carbide Industries, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Gardner Abrasives in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Ervin Amasteel
Ervin Amasteel-Butler Plant
13.5 TCR
- This site
Gardner Abrasives
12.3 TCR
- Carbide Indust
Carbide Industries, LLC
12.3 TCR
- Imerys Fused M
Imerys Fused Minerals Niagara Falls, Inc.
12 TCR
- Leaders Manufa
Leaders Manufacturing, Inc.
11.3 TCR
What this shows Gardner Abrasives averages 12.3 TCR (373% of the Abrasive products manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Gardner Abrasives TCR series: 2017=18.2 · 2022=12.6 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=12.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Gardner Abrasives falls in its industry
90 Abrasive products manufacturin establishmentsSafer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 13 Abrasive products manufacturin employers in Illinois.
Gardner Abrasives has more employees than the Abrasive products manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 | 12.8 | 11.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12.6 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 18.2 | 6.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
327910 · IL · South Beloit
90 Abrasive products manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 27 employers in South Beloit, 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 | Carbide Industries, LLC | 12.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Imerys Fused Minerals Niagara Falls, Inc. | 12.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Leaders Manufacturing, Inc. | 11.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ervin Amasteel-Butler Plant | 13.5 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 | Treehouse foods | 249 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mid-States Concrete Industries | 238 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Axium Foods, Inc | 200 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Altra Industrial Motion Corp | 180 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Furst-McNess Company (Storm Lake) | 12.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Opelika 073 | 12.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Madison Senior Living | 12.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0741 Cary | 12.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Westmor Fluid Solutions - Hugo | 69 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1177 Liberty | 69 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pewaukee Central Stores | 69 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Metro North | 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.