Metal cutting machine tools manufacturing · Illinois

Hardinge Grinding Group

Name: Hardinge Grinding Group Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Elgin, IL · ~48 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hardinge Grinding Group runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Metal cutting machine tools manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Hardinge Grinding Group: 1.2 TCR = 36% of Metal cutting machine tools manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hardinge Grinding Group safety composite

Hardinge Grinding Group scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% 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).

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

Hardinge Grinding Group held a steady TCR band

Hardinge Grinding Group's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=4.7 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333517 · Elgin, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 36% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #4/35
PHOTO Contemporary Machine…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Contemporary Machinery & Engineering Services, (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.2
Contemporary M

1.2
Kimtech

1.2
Callery Plant

1.2
Bruderer Machi

1.2

What this shows Hardinge Grinding Group averages 1.2 TCR (36% of the Metal cutting machine tools manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Hardinge Grinding Group TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=4.7 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Hardinge Grinding Group falls in its industry

391 Metal cutting machine tools ma establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade A

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 35 Metal cutting machine tools ma employers in Illinois.

Hardinge Grinding Group (48 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Hardinge Grinding Group has fewer employees than the Metal cutting machine tools manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2021	4.7	2.4	2
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333517 · IL · Elgin

391 Metal cutting machine tools manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 250 employers in Elgin, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Contemporary Machinery & Engineering Services,	FLAGLER BEACH, FL	1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kimtech	NEENAH, WI	1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Callery Plant	CALLERY, PA	1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bruderer Machinery Inc	RIDGEFIELD, NJ	1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	City of Marengo - 04WW	MARENGO	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kirie Water Reclamation Plant	DES PLAINES	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Focus Development, Inc.	CHICAGO	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lennar Multi-Family - Central (Chicago)	SCHAUMBURG	48 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Advocate Sherman Hospital	Elgin	1,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Elgin John B. Sanfilippo & Son	Elgin	987 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City of Elgin	Elgin	986 FTE
CITY-NEAR	American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation-Elgin	Elgin	774 FTE
NAT-TCR	Hamilton Roofing Inc	Malabar, FL	1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Alamosa Service Center-805	Alamosa, CO	1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hampton School Administrative Center	Hampton, VA	1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Fresh Valley Foods Corporation	Haverhill, MA	1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Rockville Interiors & Fabrics	Rockville, MD	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pattillo Construction Corp	Atlanta, GA	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bear General Contractors LLC	Pensacola, FL	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fastrack Mechanical LLC	Mechanicsville, VA	48 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: 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.