Drop forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished · Illinois
Kropp Forge
Cicero, IL · ~51 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kropp Forge runs at 288% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Drop forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished workplace, earning a grade F.
Kropp Forge: 9.5 TCR = 288% of Drop forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kropp Forge safety composite
Kropp Forge scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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).
26/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.51 per 100 workers
Safer than 15% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.33 per 100 workers
Safer than 22% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Kropp Forge: 4.3 → 5.3 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 15.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.56× in 2021
Kropp Forge's TCR rose 1.1 from 4.3 in 2017 to 5.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 15.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332111 · Cicero, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 9.5 · 288% of ind
- DART 5.3 DART
- RANK #17/19
- PHOTO Mustad- St. Croix Fo…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~51 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Mustad- St. Croix Forge (0.1 TCR gap)
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Kropp Forge in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- ESM Elmira Sta
ESM Elmira Stamping & Manufacturing Corp.
9.8 TCR
- Mustad- St. Cr
Mustad- St. Croix Forge
9.6 TCR
- This site
Kropp Forge
9.5 TCR
- Haven Steel Pr
Haven Steel Products
9.3 TCR
- Midwest Tool a
Midwest Tool and Cutlery Co. - Forge Division
9.3 TCR
What this shows Kropp Forge averages 9.5 TCR (288% of the Drop forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS benchmark).
Kropp Forge TCR series: 2017=4.3 · 2018=15.2 · 2020=13.3 · 2021=5.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Kropp Forge falls in its industry
241 Drop forgings made from purcha establishmentsSafer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 19 Drop forgings made from purcha employers in Illinois.
Kropp Forge has fewer employees than the Drop forgings made from purchased iron o median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 13.3 | 5.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 2018 | 15.2 | 3.4 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332111 · IL · Cicero
241 Drop forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 99 employers in Cicero, 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 | Mustad- St. Croix Forge | 9.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Haven Steel Products | 9.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Midwest Tool and Cutlery Co. - Forge Division | 9.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ESM Elmira Stamping & Manufacturing Corp. | 9.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Larch Farm | 51 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CDG | 51 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Prince Minerals LLC - QUI | 51 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - Quincy | 51 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Breakthru Beverage Illinois, LLC. | 1,006 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 | 938 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Breakthru Beverage Illinois - Cicero | 770 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ARYZTA - Cicero | 765 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Charles Park | 9.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Central Freight Lines Inc. - Orlando | 9.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Binswanger Glass Branch 502 | 9.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Stoneys Sand & Gravel, LLC | 9.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Job One - Grandview | 51 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Boulevard | 51 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | USCS- Tulare, CA (South) | 51 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | PrairieLand Partners - McPherson | 51 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.