Highway construction · Illinois

Martam Construction, Inc

Elgin, IL · ~147 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Martam Construction, Inc runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Highway construction workplace, earning a grade D.

Martam Construction, Inc: 4.0 TCR = 143% of Highway construction BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Martam Construction, Inc safety composite

Martam Construction, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−3.0

2016→2024

Martam Construction, Inc injury rate improved

Martam Construction, Inc's TCR fell 3.0 from 4.5 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.5 · 2017=6.2 · 2018=5.5 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237310 · Elgin, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 143% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #107/266
  • PHOTO SPECIALTY COMPANIES …
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~147 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SPECIALTY COMPANIES GROUP LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Martam Construction, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Martam Construction, Inc averages 4.0 TCR (143% of the Highway construction BLS benchmark).

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

Martam Construction, Inc TCR series: 2016=4.5 · 2017=6.2 · 2018=5.5 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Martam Construction, Inc falls in its industry

4,078 Highway construction establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #107 safest of 266 Highway construction employers in Illinois.

Martam Construction, Inc (147 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Martam Construction, Inc
Martam Construction, Inc (147 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Martam Construction, Inc has more employees than the Highway construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2024 1.4 1.4 2 0 0
2023 2.6 2.6 3 0 0
2022 2.6 2.6 3 0 0
2021 2.8 2.8 3 0 0
2020 4.9 4.9 4 1 0
2019 5.6 5.6 6 0 0
2018 5.5 5.5 4 0 0
2017 6.2 6.2 6 0 0
2016 4.5 1.8 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237310 · IL · Elgin

4,078 Highway construction 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR SPECIALTY COMPANIES GROUP LLC 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Martins Construction Corp. 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Region 2-Eugene 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hawkins Asphalt Paving Main Office 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE 74E - Eastern - IL Electric Ops 147 FTE
STATE-SIZE Feldco- DO 147 FTE
STATE-SIZE Judlau Contracting-Lisle, ILL - All Locations 147 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gallagher Asphalt Corporation 147 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Sherman Hospital 1,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elgin John B. Sanfilippo & Son 987 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Elgin 986 FTE
CITY-NEAR American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation-Elgin 774 FTE
NAT-TCR DELTA Services, Inc. 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR W.R. Meadows of Texas 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Cibolo 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR LMO 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Houston Manufacturing 147 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Heritage 147 FTE
NAT-SIZE NOF 147 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parks and Recreation Department 147 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.