Truck trailer manufacturing · Illinois

Polar Hardware Mfg Co., Inc.

Chicago, IL · ~82 workers · 3 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

Polar Hardware Mfg Co., Inc. runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Truck trailer manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Polar Hardware Mfg Co., Inc.: 4.2 TCR = 128% of Truck trailer manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Polar Hardware Mfg Co., Inc. safety composite

Polar Hardware Mfg Co., Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% 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).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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

Polar Hardware Mfg Co., Inc.: 4.2 → 4.6 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 4.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.36× in 2023

Polar Hardware Mfg Co., Inc.'s TCR rose 0.4 from 4.2 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336212 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 128% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #6/10
  • PHOTO Carry-On Montross
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~82 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Carry-On Montross (0.0 TCR gap)

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Polar Hardware Mfg Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Polar Hardware Mfg Co., Inc. averages 4.2 TCR (128% of the Truck trailer manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Polar Hardware Mfg Co., Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=4.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Polar Hardware Mfg Co., Inc. falls in its industry

474 Truck trailer manufacturing establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 10 Truck trailer manufacturing employers in Illinois.

Polar Hardware Mfg Co., Inc. (82 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Polar Hardware Mfg Co., Inc.
Polar Hardware Mfg Co., Inc. (82 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Polar Hardware Mfg Co., Inc. has fewer employees than the Truck trailer manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 4.6 1.5 3 0 0
2022 3.9 3.9 3 0 0
2016 4.2 4.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336212 · IL · Chicago

474 Truck trailer 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 Carry-On Montross 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Semo - Tank Repair - Perryville MO 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 118_164 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Great Dane - Statesboro, GA 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE HOME NURSERY 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electric Plant 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electric Distribution 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gas 82 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 Micron Metalworks, LLC 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hard and Soft Fishing 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR PCC Structurals Groton 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Poca 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE PriceRite of Garfield 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vincent Printing, LLC. 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE Evs Tx, Inc 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bazz Houston International 82 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: 2023, 2022, 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.