Automobile suspension springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing · Illinois

Rockford Spring Company

Rockford, IL · ~85 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rockford Spring Company runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Automobile suspension springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Rockford Spring Company: 2.7 TCR = 82% of Automobile suspension springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rockford Spring Company safety composite

Rockford Spring Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% 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 2.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

Rockford Spring Company: 1.8 → 3.5 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 4.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.64× in 2024

Rockford Spring Company's TCR rose 1.7 from 1.8 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332613 · Rockford, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 82% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #4/17
  • PHOTO Apex Spring & Stampi…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~85 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Apex Spring & Stamping Corporation (0.1 TCR gap)

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Rockford Spring Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rockford Spring Company averages 2.7 TCR (82% of the Automobile suspension springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Rockford Spring Company TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=1.7 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=4 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Rockford Spring Company falls in its industry

189 Automobile suspension springs, establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 17 Automobile suspension springs, employers in Illinois.

Rockford Spring Company (85 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Rockford Spring Company
Rockford Spring Company (85 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Rockford Spring Company has more employees than the Automobile suspension springs, heavy gau median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 3.5 1.7 2 0 0
2023 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2022 3.4 2.2 3 0 0
2021 4.0 0.0 4 0 0
2020 2.1 1.1 2 0 0
2019 3.8 0.9 4 0 0
2017 1.7 0.8 2 0 0
2016 1.8 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332613 · IL · Rockford

189 Automobile suspension springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 405 employers in Rockford, 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 Apex Spring & Stamping Corporation 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eibach Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR WOLVERINE COIL SPRING CO 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Precision Coil Spring 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Atkinson 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer Utica UTI1 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Monmouth, IL 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Newton Power Station 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILRKF - ROCKFORD AIR HUB 2,634 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swedish American Hospital - 4800 2,629 FTE
CITY-NEAR PCI Pharma Services Rockford 2,175 FTE
CITY-NEAR SwedishAmerican Hospital 1,855 FTE
NAT-TCR Diversicare of Martin 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 3087 Keystone 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Pitts Enterprises, Inc. DBA Pitts Trailers 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Penn Line Service, Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE 80 Commerce Drive 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Redner's Warehouse Market Whitehall 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bedford Care Center of Picayune 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3061 Keystone 85 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.