Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing · Illinois
Northstar Metal Products
Glendale Heights, IL · ~101 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Northstar Metal Products runs at 110% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.6
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 21
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Northstar Metal Products's OSHA Total Case Rate of 3.6 to the Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing BLS benchmark of 3.3 (110% of benchmark) across 5 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Northstar Metal Products's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Northstar Metal Products falls in its industry
429 Sheet metal forming machines m establishmentsSafer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 39 Sheet metal forming machines m employers in Illinois.
Trend analysis for Northstar Metal Products
Between 2016 and 2020, Northstar Metal Products's Total Case Rate improved from 5.1 to 1.9 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 63% decrease across 4 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2020, at a TCR of 1.9, while 2016 saw the highest rate, at 5.1, a spread of 3.2 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 5 reporting years, Northstar Metal Products recorded 21 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 5-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 21 injuries shown on this page for Northstar Metal Products are sourced from its own 5 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 333517 - Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2020)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 211,000 hours worked = 0.95 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Northstar Metal Products (this establishment) | 3.63 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 5-year avg |
| Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 333517 |
| Illinois state avg (all industries) | 4.73 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Northstar Metal Products to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2020: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 6 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 6 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Northstar Metal Products's reported OSHA injury record versus its Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 110% of the Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing benchmark, Northstar Metal Products reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.