Brakes and parts for railroad rolling stock manufacturing · Illinois

Vae Nortrak North America Inc

Chicago Heights, IL · ~195 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vae Nortrak North America Inc runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Brakes and parts for railroad rolling stock manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Vae Nortrak North America Inc: 0.8 TCR = 26% of Brakes and parts for railroad rolling stock manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vae Nortrak North America Inc safety composite

Vae Nortrak North America Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−1.7

2021→2022

Vae Nortrak North America Inc injury rate improved

Vae Nortrak North America Inc's TCR fell 1.7 from 1.7 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 1.7 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=1.7 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336510 · Chicago Heights, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 26% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/21
  • PHOTO Alorton IL Trackwork
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~195 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Alorton IL Trackwork (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vae Nortrak North America Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vae Nortrak North America Inc averages 0.8 TCR (26% of the Brakes and parts for railroad rolling stock manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Vae Nortrak North America Inc TCR series: 2021=1.7 · 2022=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Vae Nortrak North America Inc falls in its industry

208 Brakes and parts for railroad establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 21 Brakes and parts for railroad employers in Illinois.

Vae Nortrak North America Inc (195 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 88 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Vae Nortrak North America Inc
Vae Nortrak North America Inc (195 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 88 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Vae Nortrak North America Inc has more employees than the Brakes and parts for railroad rolling st median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 1.7 0.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336510 · IL · Chicago Heights

208 Brakes and parts for railroad rolling stock manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 82 employers in 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 Alorton IL Trackwork 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Loram Maintenance of Way (Corporate Office) 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mayfield KY Locomotive 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR LaGrange IL Engine Plant EMD 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE CDOT-2 N. Lasalle - CDOT Main | 2 N. Lasalle St. 195 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kilbourn 195 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grunt Style 195 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midstate Manufacturing 195 FTE
CITY-NEAR 309 CHICAGO 1,341 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHICAGO STMP 1,226 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6284-YR-309 RX 827 FTE
CITY-NEAR CGT 581 FTE
NAT-TCR LifeSkills Corporate Office and Warren County Service Center 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR PMG-GI 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Creation Technologies Texas 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Walker Electric Office 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE DMJ Transportation 195 FTE
NAT-SIZE API Basco 195 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wagner-Meinert LLC 195 FTE
NAT-SIZE Third and Oak Corp dba Treyton Oak Towers 195 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: 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.