Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing · Illinois

Ludlow Manufacturing Inc.

Waukegan, IL · ~75 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ludlow Manufacturing Inc. runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Ludlow Manufacturing Inc.: 2.1 TCR = 64% of Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ludlow Manufacturing Inc. safety composite

Ludlow Manufacturing Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.8

2016→2024

Ludlow Manufacturing Inc. injury rate improved

Ludlow Manufacturing Inc.'s TCR fell 2.8 from 5.1 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.1 · 2017=4.0 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Waukegan, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 64% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #16/54
  • PHOTO p&g manufacturing
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~75 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: p&g manufacturing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ludlow Manufacturing Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ludlow Manufacturing Inc. averages 2.1 TCR (64% of the Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ludlow Manufacturing Inc. TCR series: 2016=5.1 · 2017=4 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Ludlow Manufacturing Inc. falls in its industry

1,158 Air cowls, sheet metal (except establishments

Safer than 82% 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 #16 safest of 54 Air cowls, sheet metal (except employers in Illinois.

Ludlow Manufacturing Inc. (75 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ludlow Manufacturing Inc.
Ludlow Manufacturing Inc. (75 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Ludlow Manufacturing Inc. has more employees than the Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings 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 2.3 1.1 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2017 4.0 4.0 3 0 0
2016 5.1 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · IL · Waukegan

1,158 Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 141 employers in Waukegan, 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 p&g manufacturing 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR CANFAB Management LLC 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Custom Metal Fabricators, Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Omnimax 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kankakee Nursery Co. 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenhouse 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Illinois American Water (Chicago Metro) 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Haier Plumbing & Heating, Inc. 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waukegan PSD #60 2,420 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vista Medical Center 936 FTE
CITY-NEAR Visual Pak Waukegan 807 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Blending & Filling 793 FTE
NAT-TCR American International Tooling Inc 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Maple Hill Senior Living 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Stryten Manchester LLC 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Power Partners 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Neotiss, Inc. 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lancaster Electric Inc 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Downes Construction Company 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Farmington ISD #192-Farmington Elementary 75 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, 2022, 2021, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.