Fermention tanks, heavy gauge metal tanks, manufacturing · Illinois

Pro-Fab, Inc

Morton, IL · ~40 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pro-Fab, Inc runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fermention tanks, heavy gauge metal tanks, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Pro-Fab, Inc: 4.3 TCR = 132% of Fermention tanks, heavy gauge metal tanks, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pro-Fab, Inc safety composite

Pro-Fab, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Pro-Fab, Inc: 2.4 → 5.2 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 7.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Pro-Fab, Inc's TCR rose 2.8 from 2.4 in 2016 to 5.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332420 · Morton, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 132% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/16
  • PHOTO Spartan Inc.
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Spartan Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pro-Fab, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pro-Fab, Inc averages 4.3 TCR (132% of the Fermention tanks, heavy gauge metal tanks, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Pro-Fab, Inc TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2017=4.5 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=5.2 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Pro-Fab, Inc falls in its industry

355 Fermention tanks, heavy gauge establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

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 16 Fermention tanks, heavy gauge employers in Illinois.

Pro-Fab, Inc (40 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Pro-Fab, Inc
Pro-Fab, Inc (40 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Pro-Fab, Inc has fewer employees than the Fermention tanks, heavy gauge metal tank median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2024 5.2 0.0 2 0 0
2023 5.2 2.6 2 0 0
2022 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2021 5.2 0.0 2 0 0
2020 7.5 2.5 3 0 0
2019 2.3 0.0 1 0 0
2018 4.4 2.2 2 0 0
2017 4.5 2.2 2 0 0
2016 2.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332420 · IL · Morton

355 Fermention tanks, heavy gauge metal tanks, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 93 employers in Morton, 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 Spartan Inc. 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thermal Equipment Corporation 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR S&T Manufacturing 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mesa Industries 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Gas Integrity Management 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG Bloomington Reporting Center 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Downers Grove Sanitary District 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Window Works Addison 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Morton Parts Distribution Center 1,662 FTE
CITY-NEAR Matcor Metal Fabrication Morton 426 FTE
CITY-NEAR Morton Industries LLC 349 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5157 294 FTE
NAT-TCR Rand-Whitney Container LLC, Agrand & Greenwood 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 2950 Executive Blvd 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 3061 Keystone 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Pax Machine Works, Incorporated 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Coverlay Manufacturing Inc. 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE United Mechanical Service, Inc. 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brooklyn Oregon 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vega Baja 40 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 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.