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Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc Elgin

Name: Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc Elgin Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Elgin, IL · ~38 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc Elgin runs at 20% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical physical vapor deposition coatings workplace, earning a grade A.

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc Elgin: 0.7 TCR = 20% of physical vapor deposition coatings BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc Elgin safety composite

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc Elgin scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 95% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 95% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.3

2016→2020

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc Elgin injury rate improved

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc Elgin's TCR fell 3.3 from 3.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.3 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332812 · Elgin, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 20% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #2/41
PHOTO Electroformers - AMG
BOOK 5y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Electroformers - AMG (0.0 TCR gap)

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0.6
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0.6

What this shows Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc Elgin averages 0.7 TCR (20% of the physical vapor deposition coatings BLS benchmark).

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc Elgin TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc Elgin falls in its industry

646 physical vapor deposition coat establishments

Safer than 95% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 41 physical vapor deposition coat employers in Illinois.

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc Elgin (38 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc Elgin has fewer employees than the physical vapor deposition coatings median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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	Injuries
2020	0.0	0
2019	0.0	0
2018	0.0	0
2017	0.0	0
2016	3.3	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332812 · IL · Elgin

646 physical vapor deposition coatings 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Electroformers - AMG	DANBURY, CT	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Plasma Technology Inc	TORRANCE, CA	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Praxair Surface Technologies	NORTH HAVEN, CT	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Linde North Haven	NORTH HAVEN, CT	0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	GDM Seeds, Inc - Gibson City, IL	GIBSON CITY	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AMEREN ILLINOIS - Distribution Operating - Peoria	DECATUR	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	629 - Distribution Operating - Peoria	DECATUR	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Freeport	FREEPORT	38 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Advocate Sherman Hospital	Elgin	1,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Elgin John B. Sanfilippo & Son	Elgin	987 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City of Elgin	Elgin	986 FTE
CITY-NEAR	American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation-Elgin	Elgin	774 FTE
NAT-TCR	Resource Center	Aliso Viejo, CA	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ross store 1742	Lihue, HI	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Pa - Acb (335)	Mechanicsburg, PA	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mackenzie	St. Louis, MO	0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	SFS 641MKC Kansas City	Kansas City, MO	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Big Lots Store #4128 VAN NUYS, CA	Van Nuys, CA	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	123 - Liberty Retail Store	Kansas City, MO	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	204 - Shawnee Retail Store	Shawnee, KS	38 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.

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