Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade · Illinois

Nitrex, Inc. CH Operations

Aurora, IL · ~28 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nitrex, Inc. CH Operations runs at 127% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

Nitrex, Inc. CH Operations: 4.2 TCR = 127% of Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nitrex, Inc. CH Operations safety composite

Nitrex, Inc. CH Operations scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

Nitrex, Inc. CH Operations: 0.0 → 3.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 12.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.81× in 2021

Nitrex, Inc. CH Operations's TCR rose 3.4 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332811 · Aurora, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 127% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #10/24
  • PHOTO Thermal Modification…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Thermal Modification Technologies, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nitrex, Inc. CH Operations in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nitrex, Inc. CH Operations averages 4.2 TCR (127% of the Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Nitrex, Inc. CH Operations TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=6.5 · 2018=12 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Nitrex, Inc. CH Operations falls in its industry

248 Heat treating metals and metal establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 24 Heat treating metals and metal employers in Illinois.

Nitrex, Inc. CH Operations (28 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Nitrex, Inc. CH Operations
Nitrex, Inc. CH Operations (28 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Nitrex, Inc. CH Operations has fewer employees than the Heat treating metals and metal products median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2021 3.4 3.4 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2018 12.0 0.0 4 0 0
2017 6.5 6.5 2 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · IL · Aurora

248 Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 325 employers in Aurora, 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 Thermal Modification Technologies, Inc. 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR CMC Impact Metals Chicora 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bodycote Thermal Processing - South Windsor 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Curtiss Wright Surface Technologies 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Elite Growers, Inc. 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charles River Avian Roanoke 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience Princeton IL Research-PRI2 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tracy Export, Inc. 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indian Prairie School District 204 3,309 FTE
CITY-NEAR Factor Aurora 2,167 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rush Copley Medical Center, Inc. 2,163 FTE
CITY-NEAR ANDY FRAIN SERVICES INC 2,100 FTE
NAT-TCR 3078 Keystone 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Maplewood at Strawberry Hill, LLC 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Courtyard by Marriott Lafayette Airport 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Pengo Corporation (Laurens, IA) 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Corporate Office 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE T&D Thompson 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Homewood Suites Pittsburgh Downtown 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Insource Performance Solutions at Ohl Redlands 28 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.