Machine shops · Illinois

Tru-Grind, Inc.

Arlington Heights, IL · ~95 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tru-Grind, Inc. runs at 37% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade A.

Tru-Grind, Inc.: 1.2 TCR = 37% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tru-Grind, Inc. safety composite

Tru-Grind, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Tru-Grind, Inc.: 1.7 → 3.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Tru-Grind, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.4 from 1.7 in 2018 to 3.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Arlington Heights, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 37% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/103
  • PHOTO E.C. Machining Inc
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~95 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: E.C. Machining Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tru-Grind, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tru-Grind, Inc. averages 1.2 TCR (37% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Tru-Grind, Inc. TCR series: 2018=1.7 · 2019=0 · 2020=1.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Tru-Grind, Inc. falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 88% 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 #14 safest of 103 Machine shops employers in Illinois.

Tru-Grind, Inc. (95 employees, TCR 1.2) 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 Tru-Grind, Inc.
Tru-Grind, Inc. (95 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Tru-Grind, Inc. 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 3.1 0.0 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.3 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 1.7 0.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · IL · Arlington Heights

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 121 employers in Arlington Heights, 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 E.C. Machining Inc 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR PEKO 1400 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Precision Pump & Valve Service Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR L & R Precision Tooling, Inc 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Glenwood Reporting Center 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Astro Insulation #287 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE UJAMAA CONSTRUCTION INC 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vissering Construction Company 95 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwest Community Hospital 3,365 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARLINGTON HEIGHTS SCHOOL DISTRICT 25 911 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4813-48130002-ENCORE CHICAGO 845 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lutheran Home and Serv For The Aged 796 FTE
NAT-TCR Quest Window Systems, INC 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 222-NiSource-Ashland KY-Service Cent 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 206-NiSource-Fredericksburg VA-Commerce 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Tel Tech Plus 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Arbors at Milford 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arbors at Gallipolis 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tri-State Utilities 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE 357-NiSource-Valparaiso Central Stores 95 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, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.