Fibers, carbon and graphite, manufacturing · Illinois

Superior Graphite Bedford Park

Bedford Park, IL · ~46 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Superior Graphite Bedford Park runs at 94% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fibers, carbon and graphite, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Superior Graphite Bedford Park: 3.1 TCR = 94% of Fibers, carbon and graphite, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Superior Graphite Bedford Park safety composite

Superior Graphite Bedford Park scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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 3.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

Superior Graphite Bedford Park: 2.1 → 4.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.73× in 2024

Superior Graphite Bedford Park's TCR rose 2.5 from 2.1 in 2021 to 4.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335991 · Bedford Park, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 94% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK P53
  • PHOTO Mersen USA St Marys
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mersen USA St Marys (0.0 TCR gap)

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Superior Graphite Bedford Park in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Superior Graphite Bedford Park averages 3.1 TCR (94% of the Fibers, carbon and graphite, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Superior Graphite Bedford Park TCR series: 2021=2.1 · 2022=3.6 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Superior Graphite Bedford Park falls in its industry

93 Fibers, carbon and graphite, m establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Superior Graphite Bedford Park (46 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Superior Graphite Bedford Park
Superior Graphite Bedford Park (46 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Superior Graphite Bedford Park has fewer employees than the Fibers, carbon and graphite, manufacturi median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 4.5 2.3 2 0 0
2023 2.2 0.0 1 0 0
2022 3.6 3.6 2 0 0
2021 2.1 2.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335991 · IL · Bedford Park

93 Fibers, carbon and graphite, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 140 employers in Bedford Park, 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 Mersen USA St Marys 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR LDER - Baton Rouge 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Meggitt Engine Systems 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Morgan Advanced Materials - St. Marys Pennsylvania 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Carlyle KFC (MPF1) 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2502-Ashton, IL 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE MID AMERICA ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Utility Department 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR MDWPW9669 MDW - OPS 1,757 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILBED - BEDFORD PARK 1,041 FTE
CITY-NEAR BEDFORD PARK (ILBED) 835 FTE
CITY-NEAR 161546-SOUTH SUBURBAN IL P&DC 834 FTE
NAT-TCR Croasdaile Village 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR KS042TES 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Meriden Novolex Plant 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Austin Airport 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dade Health & Rehab 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Systems Plat Services, Inc.-MIS04 Columbus SDI 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alexander & Baldwin, LLC, Series T 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE CA002MVM 46 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. 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.