Barrels, light gauge metal, manufacturing · Illinois

Skolnik Industries, Inc

Chicago, IL · ~117 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Skolnik Industries, Inc runs at 173% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Barrels, light gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Skolnik Industries, Inc: 5.7 TCR = 173% of Barrels, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Skolnik Industries, Inc safety composite

Skolnik Industries, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 51% 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).

D

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.6

2017→2024

Skolnik Industries, Inc injury rate improved

Skolnik Industries, Inc's TCR fell 1.6 from 7.7 in 2017 to 6.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.7 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=5.7 · 2023=8.5 · 2024=6.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332439 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 173% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #11/15
  • PHOTO IHM Methuen
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 47 inj
  • SIZE ~117 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: IHM Methuen (0.0 TCR gap)

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Skolnik Industries, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Skolnik Industries, Inc averages 5.7 TCR (173% of the Barrels, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Skolnik Industries, Inc TCR series: 2017=7.7 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=5.7 · 2023=8.5 · 2024=6 · BLS 3.3

Where Skolnik Industries, Inc falls in its industry

175 Barrels, light gauge metal, ma establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 15 Barrels, light gauge metal, ma employers in Illinois.

Skolnik Industries, Inc (117 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Skolnik Industries, Inc
Skolnik Industries, Inc (117 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Skolnik Industries, Inc has more employees than the Barrels, light gauge metal, manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 6.0 1.7 7 0 0
2023 8.5 2.4 7 0 0
2022 5.7 1.0 6 0 0
2021 5.9 2.5 7 0 0
2020 4.3 1.7 4 1 0
2019 4.3 2.5 3 2 0
2018 3.4 3.4 4 0 0
2017 7.7 4.3 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332439 · IL · Chicago

175 Barrels, light gauge metal, 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 IHM Methuen 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wastequip Mt Sterling 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lancaster Container, Inc 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cleveland Steel Container Corporation - Quakertown 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2508-Waterman, IL 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE 01 - Walsh Construction Company 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE Facebook DKL 3|5|6 21120003 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allied Power Services - Exelon, Byron Station 117 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 New Britain 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Rollins Excavating Co., LLC 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Black Hills Electric Cooperative 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Irish Electric Corp. 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Legere Group, Ltd. 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Webster Park Operator LLC 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lawrence Intermediate School 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE 130-10 Food Corp. 117 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.