Buffing compounds manufacturing · Illinois

Matchless Metal Polish Company

Chicago, IL · ~47 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Matchless Metal Polish Company runs at 330% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Buffing compounds manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Matchless Metal Polish Company: 10.9 TCR = 330% of Buffing compounds manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Matchless Metal Polish Company safety composite

Matchless Metal Polish Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).

F

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 15.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Matchless Metal Polish Company: 6.2 → 15.6 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 15.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.43× in 2019

Matchless Metal Polish Company's TCR rose 9.4 from 6.2 in 2018 to 15.6 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325612 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.9 · 330% of ind

  • DART 15.6 DART
  • RANK #13/14
  • PHOTO Birko Corporation - …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Birko Corporation - Henderson (0.1 TCR gap)

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Matchless Metal Polish Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Matchless Metal Polish Company averages 10.9 TCR (330% of the Buffing compounds manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Matchless Metal Polish Company TCR series: 2018=6.2 · 2019=15.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Matchless Metal Polish Company falls in its industry

143 Buffing compounds manufacturin establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 14 Buffing compounds manufacturin employers in Illinois.

Matchless Metal Polish Company (47 employees, TCR 10.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Matchless Metal Polish Company
Matchless Metal Polish Company (47 employees, TCR 10.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Matchless Metal Polish Company has fewer employees than the Buffing compounds manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2019 15.6 15.6 8 0 0
2018 6.2 6.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325612 · IL · Chicago

143 Buffing compounds manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, 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 Birko Corporation - Henderson 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fill Right Packaging LLC 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nuance Solutions Plant 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR MISCO Products Corporation 11.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1987-Jerseyville, IL (Monsanto Co.) 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stonington, IL-Mfg 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prairie Power, Inc. 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Distribution Operating - Decatur 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR Arc Greater Twin Cities St Paul 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR C.I. Services, Inc. 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Wyndham Oceanside Pier Resort 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Monterey Marriott Hotel 10.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Tucson - Williams Center 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amery Memory Care 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE #603 Art Van Flooring Warren 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE #23 Art Van Westland 47 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: 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.