Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Methods Machine Tools, Inc - Illinois

Gilberts, IL · ~23 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Methods Machine Tools, Inc - Illinois runs at 213% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Methods Machine Tools, Inc - Illinois: 4.7 TCR = 213% of Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Methods Machine Tools, Inc - Illinois safety composite

Methods Machine Tools, Inc - Illinois scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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

−4.5

2021→2023

Methods Machine Tools, Inc - Illinois injury rate improved

Methods Machine Tools, Inc - Illinois's TCR fell 4.5 from 4.5 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=4.5 · 2022=9.5 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423830 · Gilberts, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.7 · 213% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #33/38
  • PHOTO Gosiger Machine Tool…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gosiger Machine Tools, LLC, Plymouth, MI (0.0 TCR gap)

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Methods Machine Tools, Inc - Illinois in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Methods Machine Tools, Inc - Illinois averages 4.7 TCR (213% of the Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Methods Machine Tools, Inc - Illinois TCR series: 2021=4.5 · 2022=9.5 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Methods Machine Tools, Inc - Illinois falls in its industry

911 Industrial machinery and equip establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 38 Industrial machinery and equip employers in Illinois.

Methods Machine Tools, Inc - Illinois (23 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0200400600800 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Methods Machine Tools, Inc - Illinois
Methods Machine Tools, Inc - Illinois (23 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Methods Machine Tools, Inc - Illinois has fewer employees than the Industrial machinery and equipment (exce median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 9.5 9.5 2 0 0
2021 4.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423830 · IL · Gilberts

911 Industrial machinery and equipment (except electrical) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 16 employers in Gilberts, 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 Gosiger Machine Tools, LLC, Plymouth, MI 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR NorthWest Handling Systems - Renton 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sam Carbis Solutions Darlington 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR US TX Midland 2825 East I-20 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oak Grove 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eagle Point Farms, LLC. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mendota Office 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nokomis Area Fire Protection District 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Scurto Cement Construction, Ltd. 224 FTE
CITY-NEAR TURF Design, Inc. 171 FTE
CITY-NEAR Copenhaver Construction 80 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gilberts Elementary School 79 FTE
NAT-TCR Good Food Store 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Charles T. Sitrin Child Care Center 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Golden Harbor 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR America's Thrift Store #28 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Woodville 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE OWI Contractors, LLC 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5040 University Blvd West Jacksonville FL 32216 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Triangle Leasing Corp 23 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.