Flat springs (except clock, watch), light gauge, made from purchased wire or strip, manufacturing · Illinois

Smalley Steel Ring Co

Lake Zurich, IL · ~598 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Smalley Steel Ring Co runs at 53% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Flat springs (except clock, watch), light gauge, made from purchased wire or strip, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Smalley Steel Ring Co: 1.8 TCR = 53% of Flat springs (except clock, watch), light gauge, made from purchased wire or strip, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smalley Steel Ring Co safety composite

Smalley Steel Ring Co scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% 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

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% 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%).

Smalley Steel Ring Co held a steady TCR band

Smalley Steel Ring Co's TCR held near 0.3 from 1.9 in 2018 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=1.9 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332613 · Lake Zurich, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 53% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #2/17
  • PHOTO Spring Manufacturing
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 44 inj
  • SIZE ~598 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Spring Manufacturing (0.1 TCR gap)

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Smalley Steel Ring Co in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Smalley Steel Ring Co averages 1.8 TCR (53% of the Flat springs (except clock, watch), light gauge, made from purchased wire or strip, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Smalley Steel Ring Co TCR series: 2018=1.9 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Smalley Steel Ring Co falls in its industry

189 Flat springs (except clock, wa establishments

Safer than 88% 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 #2 safest of 17 Flat springs (except clock, wa employers in Illinois.

Smalley Steel Ring Co (598 employees, TCR 1.8) 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Smalley Steel Ring Co
Smalley Steel Ring Co (598 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Smalley Steel Ring Co has more employees than the Flat springs (except clock, watch), ligh 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 1.6 1.1 10 0 0
2023 1.3 0.3 8 0 0
2022 2.3 2.3 14 0 0
2018 1.9 1.3 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332613 · IL · Lake Zurich

189 Flat springs (except clock, watch), light gauge, made from purchased wire or strip, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 84 employers in Lake Zurich, 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 Spring Manufacturing 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Leggett & platt 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR MOTION DYNAMICS CORPORATION 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR HERAEUS MEDICAL COMPONENTS 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lemont Refinery 598 FTE
STATE-SIZE Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC-444 598 FTE
STATE-SIZE True Value Company 599 FTE
STATE-SIZE 99625B04 CAREMARK, L.L.C. 597 FTE
CITY-NEAR B and B Maintenance, Inc. 1,077 FTE
CITY-NEAR ECHO Incorporated 945 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC 915 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fresenius Kabi USA Lake Zurich Office 853 FTE
NAT-TCR Dalton 10296 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR International Automotive Components 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR The Farley Center 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Tri-State Drilling LLC 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kyloa - Upsco Global Operations Center 598 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nymns - Manhattan South 598 FTE
NAT-SIZE Constitution Hall - Egle 598 FTE
NAT-SIZE Davaco Lp 598 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, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.