Electrodes for thermal and electrolytic uses, carbon and graphite, manufacturing · Illinois

Superior Graphite Chicago Complex

Bedford Park, IL · ~58 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Superior Graphite Chicago Complex runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Electrodes for thermal and electrolytic uses, carbon and graphite, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Superior Graphite Chicago Complex: 2.2 TCR = 66% of Electrodes for thermal and electrolytic uses, carbon and graphite, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Superior Graphite Chicago Complex safety composite

Superior Graphite Chicago Complex scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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%).

Superior Graphite Chicago Complex held a steady TCR band

Superior Graphite Chicago Complex's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2018=8.7 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 66% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P66
  • PHOTO CHOMARAT North Ameri…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CHOMARAT North America (160 Alliance Bld) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Superior Graphite Chicago Complex in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Superior Graphite Chicago Complex averages 2.2 TCR (66% of the Electrodes for thermal and electrolytic uses, 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 Chicago Complex TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=8.7 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Superior Graphite Chicago Complex falls in its industry

93 Electrodes for thermal and ele establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Superior Graphite Chicago Complex (58 employees, TCR 2.2) 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 Chicago Complex
Superior Graphite Chicago Complex (58 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Superior Graphite Chicago Complex has fewer employees than the Electrodes for thermal and electrolytic 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 8.7 7.2 6 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335991 · IL · Bedford Park

93 Electrodes for thermal and electrolytic uses, 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 CHOMARAT North America (160 Alliance Bld) 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tokai Carbon GE LLC Hickman 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Poco Graphite Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Electro Static Technology 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - IL Relay Ops 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - La Salle 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Menold Construction and Restoration 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE ALPA Construction, Inc. 58 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 West Fraser Opelika 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR ORMEC Systems Corp 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR DDS Central Office 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Advanced Composits Inc. 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fuchs Lubricants Co., Kansas City 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE DZ Concrete 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pestech Exterminating 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE UVA Medical Center Lynchburg 58 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, 2018, 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.