Chutes, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing · Illinois

Midland Chutes

Elgin, IL · ~36 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Midland Chutes runs at 152% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Chutes, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Midland Chutes: 5.0 TCR = 152% of Chutes, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Midland Chutes safety composite

Midland Chutes scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

Midland Chutes: 3.8 → 7.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 7.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.95× in 2024

Midland Chutes's TCR rose 3.3 from 3.8 in 2022 to 7.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332313 · Elgin, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 152% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #12/21
  • PHOTO H&H Welding & Repair
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: H&H Welding & Repair (0.0 TCR gap)

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Midland Chutes in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Midland Chutes averages 5.0 TCR (152% of the Chutes, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Midland Chutes TCR series: 2022=3.8 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=7.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Midland Chutes falls in its industry

449 Chutes, fabricated metal plate establishments

Safer than 42% 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 #12 safest of 21 Chutes, fabricated metal plate employers in Illinois.

Midland Chutes (36 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Midland Chutes
Midland Chutes (36 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Midland Chutes has fewer employees than the Chutes, fabricated metal plate work, man median and a higher 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 7.1 4.7 3 0 0
2023 4.1 4.1 2 0 0
2022 3.8 3.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332313 · IL · Elgin

449 Chutes, fabricated metal plate work, manufacturing 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 H&H Welding & Repair 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Robinson Machine Company 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Custom Fab Solutions 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Derby Welding & Machine Co. Inc. 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Illinois Foundation Seed Inc- Harvard 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE CHI Greenhouse LLC 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE MT ERIE COMPLEX -EST 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Malta 36 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 Blaise Alexander Altoona Inc 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Cook Inc. - Ellettsville North 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR #11 Sunnyslope Roth'S 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR AMZL-NA : EM Routes, LLC 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bloomington Plant 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE KION Group Tradeport 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Materion - Wheatfield 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Phoenix West Avondale Courtyard 36 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.