Fabricated plate work manufacturing · Illinois

Tricon Wear Solutions Chicago

University Park, IL · ~23 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tricon Wear Solutions Chicago runs at 126% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fabricated plate work manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Tricon Wear Solutions Chicago: 4.2 TCR = 126% of Fabricated plate work manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tricon Wear Solutions Chicago safety composite

Tricon Wear Solutions Chicago scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−8.3

2016→2017

Tricon Wear Solutions Chicago injury rate improved

Tricon Wear Solutions Chicago's TCR fell 8.3 from 8.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.3 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.3 · 2017=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332313 · University Park, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 126% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/21
  • PHOTO Braatz Welding LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Braatz Welding LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tricon Wear Solutions Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tricon Wear Solutions Chicago averages 4.2 TCR (126% of the Fabricated plate work manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Tricon Wear Solutions Chicago TCR series: 2016=8.3 · 2017=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Tricon Wear Solutions Chicago falls in its industry

449 Fabricated plate work manufact establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 21 Fabricated plate work manufact employers in Illinois.

Tricon Wear Solutions Chicago (23 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Tricon Wear Solutions Chicago
Tricon Wear Solutions Chicago (23 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Tricon Wear Solutions Chicago has fewer employees than the Fabricated plate work manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 8.3 8.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332313 · IL · University Park

449 Fabricated plate work manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 49 employers in University 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 Braatz Welding LLC 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northwoods Mfg Inc 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR NorrisBuilt Fabrication & Mobile Welding LLC 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR ChoreTime Decatur 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oak Grove 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eagle Point Farms, LLC. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mendota Office 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nokomis Area Fire Protection District 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - IGQ2 1,110 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal Signal Corp (University Park) 490 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal Signal Safety & Security Systems Group 454 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amex Nooter 407 FTE
NAT-TCR Denver Brick Plant 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbus Oh - Eww (Ohcbs) 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Bemidji (Mnbem) 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Rome (Garom) 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tishler Industries Incorporated 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE TPC 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0614 - Yuba City, Ca 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0533 - Yakima, Wa 23 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.