Wheels, abrasive, manufacturing · Illinois

Grier Abrasive Co.,Inc.

South Holland, IL · ~79 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Grier Abrasive Co.,Inc. runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Wheels, abrasive, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Grier Abrasive Co.,Inc.: 4.5 TCR = 136% of Wheels, abrasive, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Grier Abrasive Co.,Inc. safety composite

Grier Abrasive Co.,Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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

−2.6

2023→2024

Grier Abrasive Co.,Inc. injury rate improved

Grier Abrasive Co.,Inc.'s TCR fell 2.6 from 5.8 in 2023 to 3.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=5.8 · 2024=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327910 · South Holland, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 136% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #4/13
  • PHOTO Crystal Mark Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~79 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Crystal Mark Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Grier Abrasive Co.,Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Grier Abrasive Co.,Inc. averages 4.5 TCR (136% of the Wheels, abrasive, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Grier Abrasive Co.,Inc. TCR series: 2023=5.8 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Grier Abrasive Co.,Inc. falls in its industry

90 Wheels, abrasive, manufacturin establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 13 Wheels, abrasive, manufacturin employers in Illinois.

Grier Abrasive Co.,Inc. (79 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Grier Abrasive Co.,Inc.
Grier Abrasive Co.,Inc. (79 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Grier Abrasive Co.,Inc. has more employees than the Wheels, abrasive, manufacturing median and a lower 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 3.2 1.6 2 0 0
2023 5.8 5.8 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327910 · IL · South Holland

90 Wheels, abrasive, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 57 employers in South Holland, 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 Crystal Mark Inc. 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ali Industries 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Native Custom Stone 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Radiac Abrasives Inc. 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE NG Crestwood Reporting Center 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Woodmark ,LLC 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Calumet City Plumbing Company and Heating 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Village of Niles Public Works 79 FTE
CITY-NEAR 7930 SOUTH HOLLAND PCS 1,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carl Buddig & Company-50 West Taft Drive 1,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ed Miniat LLC 728 FTE
CITY-NEAR SOUTH HOLLAND (ILSHL) 496 FTE
NAT-TCR Chemence Medical, Inc. 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Generac Power Systems 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Mergon Corporation 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR California Mission Inn 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ontario CA 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE CDK Construction Services, Inc. 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gil Haugan Construction 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Careone at Livingston Alf 79 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. 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.