Coating metals and metal products for the trade · Illinois
Material Sciences Corporation
Elk Grove Village, IL · ~72 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Material Sciences Corporation runs at 242% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Coating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade F.
Material Sciences Corporation: 8.0 TCR = 242% of Coating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Material Sciences Corporation safety composite
Material Sciences Corporation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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).
21/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 15.71 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% 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
Material Sciences Corporation: 3.7 → 15.7 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 15.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.96× in 2024
Material Sciences Corporation's TCR rose 12.0 from 3.7 in 2022 to 15.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332812 · Elk Grove Village, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 242% of ind
- DART 15.7 DART
- RANK #34/41
- PHOTO Skycoat LLC
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 20 inj
- SIZE ~72 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Skycoat LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Material Sciences Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Material Sciences Corporation
8 TCR
- Skycoat LLC
Skycoat LLC
8 TCR
- Steelscape, LL
Steelscape, LLC
8 TCR
- BDJ / Techmati
BDJ / Techmation, Inc.
8 TCR
- Atmosphere Ann
Atmosphere Annealing LLC, Bassett St. Facility
8 TCR
What this shows Material Sciences Corporation averages 8.0 TCR (242% of the Coating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).
Material Sciences Corporation TCR series: 2022=3.7 · 2023=4.6 · 2024=15.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Material Sciences Corporation falls in its industry
646 Coating metals and metal produ establishmentsSafer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 41 Coating metals and metal produ employers in Illinois.
Material Sciences Corporation has more employees than the Coating metals and metal products for th median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15.7 | 15.7 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332812 · IL · Elk Grove Village
646 Coating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 274 employers in Elk Grove Village, 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 | Skycoat LLC | 8.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Steelscape, LLC | 8.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BDJ / Techmation, Inc. | 8.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Atmosphere Annealing LLC, Bassett St. Facility | 8.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - Hillsboro / Mt. Clare | 72 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - Persimmon Street | 72 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Astoria Wire & Metal Products | 72 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Korte and Luitjohan Contractors, Inc. | 72 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | creative werks, LLC | 3,317 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1855-ILARL008 | 2,154 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Harvard Maintenance Inc. of Illinois | 1,937 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ILARL008 ASCENSION HEALTH ALEXIAN BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER | 1,712 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Ridgeview Institute Smyrna | 8.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Greater New Haven Transit District | 8.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 2520 - Lewisville State Highway 121 | 8.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | HC greater New Orleans | 8.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Rutherford Supply | 72 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | General Atomics - Poway - A39 | 72 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | General Atomics - Cryotech | 72 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Orion Plastics | 72 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.