Trade binding services · Illinois

Rickard Circular Folding Co

Chicago, IL · ~47 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rickard Circular Folding Co runs at 133% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Trade binding services workplace, earning a grade D.

Rickard Circular Folding Co: 4.4 TCR = 133% of Trade binding services BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rickard Circular Folding Co safety composite

Rickard Circular Folding Co scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−1.8

2016→2019

Rickard Circular Folding Co injury rate improved

Rickard Circular Folding Co's TCR fell 1.8 from 4.6 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.6 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=5.3 · 2019=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 323120 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 133% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #7/7
  • PHOTO HF Group LLC-NC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HF Group LLC-NC (0.1 TCR gap)

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Rickard Circular Folding Co in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rickard Circular Folding Co averages 4.4 TCR (133% of the Trade binding services BLS benchmark).

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

Rickard Circular Folding Co TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=5.3 · 2019=2.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Rickard Circular Folding Co falls in its industry

90 Trade binding services establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Trade binding services employers in Illinois.

Rickard Circular Folding Co (47 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Rickard Circular Folding Co
Rickard Circular Folding Co (47 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Rickard Circular Folding Co has fewer employees than the Trade binding services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2019 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2018 5.3 0.0 2 0 0
2017 4.7 4.7 2 0 0
2016 4.6 4.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

323120 · IL · Chicago

90 Trade binding services 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 HF Group LLC-NC 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Finish Line Cleveland 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR TOPS PRINTING INC. dba Alphagraphics BCS 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bindtech-Roswell, LLC 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1987-Jerseyville, IL (Monsanto Co.) 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stonington, IL-Mfg 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prairie Power, Inc. 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Distribution Operating - Decatur 47 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 REF Alabama Inc 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon Transportation Services : DAL9 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR TNI - Napoleon, OH 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Midco Commercial 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE 13 - Charleston 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE EMS Ice, Inc. 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maplewood Elementary School 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Louisville Operations, 4700 47 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: 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.