Precision turned product manufacturing · Illinois

Kay Manufacturing Co

Calumet City, IL · ~78 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kay Manufacturing Co runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Precision turned product manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Kay Manufacturing Co: 0.6 TCR = 18% of Precision turned product manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kay Manufacturing Co safety composite

Kay Manufacturing Co scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−1.8

2017→2023

Kay Manufacturing Co injury rate improved

Kay Manufacturing Co's TCR fell 1.8 from 1.8 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 1.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.8 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332721 · Calumet City, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 18% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/44
  • PHOTO Crane
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Crane (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kay Manufacturing Co in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kay Manufacturing Co averages 0.6 TCR (18% of the Precision turned product manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kay Manufacturing Co TCR series: 2017=1.8 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Kay Manufacturing Co falls in its industry

464 Precision turned product manuf establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 44 Precision turned product manuf employers in Illinois.

Kay Manufacturing Co (78 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Kay Manufacturing Co
Kay Manufacturing Co (78 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Kay Manufacturing Co has more employees than the Precision turned product manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 1 0 0
2017 1.8 1.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332721 · IL · Calumet City

464 Precision turned product manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 41 employers in Calumet City, 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 Crane 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Huck International, INC 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Titanium 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lakeview Precision Machining, Inc. 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bedford Grow LLC 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waukegan Station 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chicago West Tech 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corn Belt Energy Corporation 78 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gareda, LLC 2,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1552 CITY OF CALUMET CITY 290 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6489 192 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6489 190 FTE
NAT-TCR Support Center 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Topocean Consolidation Service, Inc. 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee, INC 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Milam Construction 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Divine House Inc. - Detroit Lakes 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corderman & Company Inc. 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Busch's Inc 1201 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Braga Ranch El Centro 78 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, 2022, 2017. 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.