Machine shops · Illinois

Schram Enterprises dba Ace Grinding

Name: Schram Enterprises dba Ace Grinding Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Melrose Park, IL · ~28 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.4
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Schram Enterprises dba Ace Grinding runs at 102% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade C.

Schram Enterprises dba Ace Grinding: 3.4 TCR = 102% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Schram Enterprises dba Ace Grinding safety composite

Schram Enterprises dba Ace Grinding scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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).

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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%).

Schram Enterprises dba Ace Grinding held a steady TCR band

Schram Enterprises dba Ace Grinding's TCR held near 0.3 from 3.2 in 2019 to 3.5 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.2 · 2020=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Melrose Park, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 102% of ind

DART 3.5 DART
RANK #53/103
PHOTO Telcon, LLC
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Telcon, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Schram Enterprises dba Ace Grinding averages 3.4 TCR (102% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

Schram Enterprises dba Ace Grinding TCR series: 2019=3.2 · 2020=3.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Schram Enterprises dba Ace Grinding falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #53 safest of 103 Machine shops employers in Illinois.

Schram Enterprises dba Ace Grinding (28 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Schram Enterprises dba Ace Grinding has fewer employees than the Machine shops median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2020	3.5	3.5	1	0	0
2019	3.2	3.2	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · IL · Melrose Park

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 96 employers in Melrose Park, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Telcon, LLC	STREETSBORO, OH	3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Panek Precision	NORTHBROOK, IL	3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Machinetek Corp	FAIRFIELD, OH	3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Essex Bay Engineering	IPSWICH, MA	3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Elite Growers, Inc.	INGLESIDE	28 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Charles River Avian Roanoke	ROANOKE	28 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Corteva Agriscience Princeton IL Research-PRI2	PRINCETON	28 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Tracy Export, Inc.	EAST DUBUQUE	28 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Jewel Distribution DC	Melrose Park	1,169 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NAI-0032-0032-06651 FAC-06651-MELROSE PARK-IL	Melrose Park	1,106 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Gottlieb Memorial Hospital	Melrose Park	923 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC - Ruby Street Plant	Melrose Park	714 FTE
NAT-TCR	Matsu - Alabama	Huntsville, AL	3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Jif Pak Manufacturing LLC	Vista, CA	3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lessors, Inc.- Dover	Dover, FL	3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Jonesburg	Jonesburg, MO	3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	544816-Lynden Po	Lynden, WA	28 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ashley Furniture Homestore- Chattanooga	Chattanooga, TN	28 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Avalon Oregon Regional Office	Springfield, OR	28 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ukiah	Ukiah, CA	28 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: 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.