Machine shops · Illinois

Tomenson Machine Works

West Chicago, IL · ~71 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tomenson Machine Works runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade C.

Tomenson Machine Works: 3.0 TCR = 89% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tomenson Machine Works safety composite

Tomenson Machine Works scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.4

2017→2024

Tomenson Machine Works injury rate improved

Tomenson Machine Works's TCR fell 2.4 from 4.0 in 2017 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 9.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.0 · 2019=1.4 · 2021=9.2 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · West Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 89% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #44/103
  • PHOTO Foster Machining, Inc.
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~71 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Foster Machining, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tomenson Machine Works in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tomenson Machine Works averages 3.0 TCR (89% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Tomenson Machine Works TCR series: 2017=4 · 2019=1.4 · 2021=9.2 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Tomenson Machine Works falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #44 safest of 103 Machine shops employers in Illinois.

Tomenson Machine Works (71 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Tomenson Machine Works
Tomenson Machine Works (71 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Tomenson Machine Works has more 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
2024 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2021 9.2 7.6 6 0 0
2019 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2017 4.0 3.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · IL · West Chicago

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 123 employers in West 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 Foster Machining, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR LeClaire MFG Machine Shop 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR USHERS MACHINE AND TOOL CO., INC. 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fort Walton Machining Inc. 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dwight, IL 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6697_16861 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Menold Construction, Inc 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Contegra Enterprises 71 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Jel Sert Company 830 FTE
CITY-NEAR BALL HORTICULTURAL COMPANY 713 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - SIL3 351 FTE
CITY-NEAR Siemens West Chicago 342 FTE
NAT-TCR Stahl Construction Company 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Briggs Electric, Inc.-CA 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Cockeysville 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Burlington Gen Station 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Harborside Group - Salinas Farm 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northern Foundry, LLC 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Irving TX Millwork 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stericycle - Miami,FL-6375 NW 84th 71 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, 2019, 2017. 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.