Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, strip) made from purchased steel · Illinois
Tufts Grinding, Inc.
South Chicago Heights, IL · ~46 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Tufts Grinding, Inc. runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, strip) made from purchased steel workplace, earning a grade C.
Tufts Grinding, Inc.: 3.5 TCR = 105% of Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, strip) made from purchased steel BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Tufts Grinding, Inc. safety composite
Tufts Grinding, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).
62/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.46 per 100 workers
Safer than 51% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Tufts Grinding, Inc.: 2.7 → 4.6 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 8.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Tufts Grinding, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.9 from 2.7 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331221 · South Chicago Heights, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 105% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #7/12
- PHOTO SSAB Northport
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~46 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: SSAB Northport (0.0 TCR gap)
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Tufts Grinding, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Tufts Grinding, Inc.
3.5 TCR
- SSAB Northport
SSAB Northport
3.5 TCR
- Thomas Steel S
Thomas Steel Strip Corp.
3.5 TCR
- WS Columbus
WS Columbus
3.4 TCR
- WS Decatur
WS Decatur
3.4 TCR
What this shows Tufts Grinding, Inc. averages 3.5 TCR (105% of the Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, strip) made from purchased steel BLS benchmark).
Tufts Grinding, Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2017=6.7 · 2018=8.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.6 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=4.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Tufts Grinding, Inc. falls in its industry
206 Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g establishmentsSafer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 12 Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g employers in Illinois.
Tufts Grinding, Inc. has fewer employees than the Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, pl median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.5 | 4.3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.7 | 4.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331221 · IL · South Chicago Heights
206 Cold rolling steel shapes (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, strip) made from purchased steel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 8 employers in South Chicago 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 | SSAB Northport | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Thomas Steel Strip Corp. | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | WS Columbus | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | WS Decatur | 3.4 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 | 5472-NAI-0032-0032-03167 | 219 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 5472-000003167 | 190 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NAI-0032-0032-03167 FAC-03167-SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS-IL | 185 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cosmos Manufacturing, Inc. | 99 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Jamestown Container Rochester, Inc. | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Toy Pipeline Contractors, Inc. | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | DC101 | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Regency Hospital of North Central Ohio LLC (Cleveland East) | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Worthington Tractor Parts, Inc. | 46 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Holtz Builders, Inc. | 46 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Endura Products Inc, Nacogdoches | 46 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mullins Rubber Products, Inc | 46 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.