Fencing contractors (except electronic containment fencing for pets) · Illinois

Midwest Fence Corporation

Chicago, IL · ~72 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Midwest Fence Corporation runs at 148% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fencing contractors (except electronic containment fencing for pets) workplace, earning a grade D.

Midwest Fence Corporation: 4.1 TCR = 148% of Fencing contractors (except electronic containment fencing for pets) BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Midwest Fence Corporation safety composite

Midwest Fence Corporation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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

Midwest Fence Corporation: 5.2 → 8.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 8.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.46× in 2024

Midwest Fence Corporation's TCR rose 3.3 from 5.2 in 2016 to 8.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238990 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 148% of ind

  • DART 6.0 DART
  • RANK #44/59
  • PHOTO Arise Scaffolding & …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Arise Scaffolding & Consulting, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Midwest Fence Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Midwest Fence Corporation averages 4.1 TCR (148% of the Fencing contractors (except electronic containment fencing for pets) BLS benchmark).

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

Midwest Fence Corporation TCR series: 2016=5.2 · 2017=5.1 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=7.7 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2024=8.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Midwest Fence Corporation falls in its industry

1,634 Fencing contractors (except el establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #44 safest of 59 Fencing contractors (except el employers in Illinois.

Midwest Fence Corporation (72 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Midwest Fence Corporation
Midwest Fence Corporation (72 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Midwest Fence Corporation has more employees than the Fencing contractors (except electronic c median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 8.4 6.0 7 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 7.7 7.7 6 0 0
2019 2.5 0.0 2 0 0
2017 5.1 1.3 4 0 0
2016 5.2 3.9 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238990 · IL · Chicago

1,634 Fencing contractors (except electronic containment fencing for pets) 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 Arise Scaffolding & Consulting, Inc 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spires Paving Company 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3 Brothers Construction and Rental, Inc 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hart Brothers Construction, Inc. dba Aquatic Technologies 4.2 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 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 Worthington Tractor Parts, Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR CAZ-Phoenix 43rd Operations Center and Training 0042-FAC24 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Vistar Mid-Atlantic - 1030 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Center Industries Company, Inc 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE 01-NCA 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE RLN Industries, Inc 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0732 Marietta 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0657 Williamsburg 72 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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