Buckets, elevator or conveyor, manufacturing · Illinois

Union Iron, Inc.

Decatur, IL · ~77 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Union Iron, Inc. runs at 74% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Buckets, elevator or conveyor, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Union Iron, Inc.: 2.5 TCR = 74% of Buckets, elevator or conveyor, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Union Iron, Inc. safety composite

Union Iron, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−3.4

2016→2020

Union Iron, Inc. injury rate improved

Union Iron, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.4 from 3.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.4 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333922 · Decatur, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 74% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/15
  • PHOTO ASGCO Mfg.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ASGCO Mfg. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Union Iron, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Union Iron, Inc. averages 2.5 TCR (74% of the Buckets, elevator or conveyor, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Union Iron, Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Union Iron, Inc. falls in its industry

361 Buckets, elevator or conveyor, establishments

Safer than 63% 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 #3 safest of 15 Buckets, elevator or conveyor, employers in Illinois.

Union Iron, Inc. (77 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 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 05001,0001,500 024681012 Average employees Total Case Rate Union Iron, Inc.
Union Iron, Inc. (77 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Union Iron, Inc. has more employees than the Buckets, elevator or conveyor, manufactu 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.7 1.2 3 0 0
2018 2.3 2.3 2 0 0
2017 2.9 0.0 2 0 0
2016 3.4 1.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333922 · IL · Decatur

361 Buckets, elevator or conveyor, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 219 employers in Decatur, 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 ASGCO Mfg. 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR PCI Mfg., Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mishawaka Whse. 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ASGCO Manufacturing Inc. 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Albers Farm 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Facebook DKL 1 2 NEW 20126004 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Builtech Services, LLC. 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE William A. Randolph, Inc. 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR Decatur Facility 2,420 FTE
CITY-NEAR Decatur Memorial Hospital 1,982 FTE
CITY-NEAR Decatur Public School District No. 61 1,524 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Staff Offices 1,198 FTE
NAT-TCR HTC Geismer 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Brentwood Industries Inc. Lebanon 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Steam Division 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Neolpharma, Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE GAC Chemical Inc 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Art Moran Buick-Gmc, Inc. 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Outpost Natural Foods-Mequon 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE J&D's, Inc. 77 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, 2017, 2016. 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.