Motors, gear, manufacturing · Illinois
Overton Chicago Gear - Chicago
Chicago, IL · ~37 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Overton Chicago Gear - Chicago runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Motors, gear, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Overton Chicago Gear - Chicago: 4.4 TCR = 135% of Motors, gear, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Overton Chicago Gear - Chicago safety composite
Overton Chicago Gear - Chicago scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).
31/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.44 per 100 workers
Safer than 26% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.01 per 100 workers
Safer than 23% 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
−4.4
2017→2023
Overton Chicago Gear - Chicago injury rate improved
Overton Chicago Gear - Chicago's TCR fell 4.4 from 7.4 in 2017 to 3.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=7.4 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=6.5 · 2020=5.1 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=3.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333612 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 135% of ind
- DART 3.0 DART
- RANK #13/15
- PHOTO Penn Machine Company…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 14 inj
- SIZE ~37 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Penn Machine Company LLC - Blairsville Transit (0.0 TCR gap)
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Overton Chicago Gear - Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Avon Gear & En
Avon Gear & Engineering Co
4.7 TCR
- Penn Machine C
Penn Machine Company LLC - Blairsville Transit
4.5 TCR
- This site
Overton Chicago Gear - Chicago
4.4 TCR
- Niagara Gear C
Niagara Gear Corporation
4.3 TCR
- SEW Eurodrive
SEW Eurodrive Lyman Manufacturing
4.1 TCR
What this shows Overton Chicago Gear - Chicago averages 4.4 TCR (135% of the Motors, gear, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Overton Chicago Gear - Chicago TCR series: 2017=7.4 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=6.5 · 2020=5.1 · 2021=0 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=3 · BLS 3.3
Where Overton Chicago Gear - Chicago falls in its industry
106 Motors, gear, manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 26% 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 #13 safest of 15 Motors, gear, manufacturing employers in Illinois.
Overton Chicago Gear - Chicago has fewer employees than the Motors, gear, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333612 · IL · Chicago
106 Motors, gear, manufacturing 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 | Penn Machine Company LLC - Blairsville Transit | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Niagara Gear Corporation | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Avon Gear & Engineering Co | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SEW Eurodrive Lyman Manufacturing | 4.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Curtis Orchard Ltd | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tuscola | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lewis Seed Farms, Inc. - Ursa | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Aurora Fleet Facility | 37 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 | Le Center K-8 | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Uss Upi | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | American House - Hendersonville | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | GM Construction, INc. | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Pittsburgh | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | THUSA Coffee company,Inc | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Centennial Plastics, Inc. | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Clark Hunt Construction, Inc. | 37 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.