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
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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.

Northstar Metal Products: 3.6 TCR = 110% of Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northstar Metal Products safety composite

Northstar Metal Products scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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)
D 3.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−3.2

2016→2020

Northstar Metal Products injury rate improved

Northstar Metal Products's TCR fell 3.2 from 5.1 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.1 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.1 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333517 · Glendale Heights, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 110% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #15/35
  • PHOTO Ford Tool & Machinin…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~101 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ford Tool & Machining, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northstar Metal Products in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northstar Metal Products averages 3.6 TCR (110% of the Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Northstar Metal Products TCR series: 2016=5.1 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Northstar Metal Products falls in its industry

391 Sheet metal forming machines m establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 35 Sheet metal forming machines m employers in Illinois.

Northstar Metal Products (101 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Northstar Metal Products
Northstar Metal Products (101 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Northstar Metal Products has more employees than the Sheet metal forming machines manufacturi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
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

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333517 · IL · Glendale Heights

391 Sheet metal forming machines manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 85 employers in Glendale Heights, 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 Ford Tool & Machining, LLC 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR TRUMPF Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conway Plant 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bourn & Koch LLC 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Southern - IL Gas Ops 101 FTE
STATE-SIZE DGIL 101 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brandt Construction Co. 101 FTE
STATE-SIZE MS - Mossville, IL - 1MOI2 (CATERPILLAR COE) 101 FTE
CITY-NEAR UChicago Medicine AdventHealth GlenOaks 626 FTE
CITY-NEAR Adventist GlenOaks Hospital 531 FTE
CITY-NEAR MAIN 381 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kronos Foods 380 FTE
NAT-TCR Toshiba Business Solutions - Allendale 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Dia, Dc 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR MLP Plumbing & Mechanical, Inc 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR C.T. Wilson Construction Company, Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Blaire House 101 FTE
NAT-SIZE McClancy 101 FTE
NAT-SIZE Klover Sepa Inc 101 FTE
NAT-SIZE Warehouse 101 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.