Metal forming machine tools manufacturing · Illinois

Zenith Cutter, Inc.

Loves Park, IL · ~89 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Zenith Cutter, Inc. runs at 188% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metal forming machine tools manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Zenith Cutter, Inc.: 6.2 TCR = 188% of Metal forming machine tools manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Zenith Cutter, Inc. safety composite

Zenith Cutter, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

Zenith Cutter, Inc.: 4.7 → 9.2 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 11.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.65× in 2023

Zenith Cutter, Inc.'s TCR rose 4.4 from 4.7 in 2018 to 9.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333517 · Loves Park, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 188% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #25/35
  • PHOTO 100% Made in the USA…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 32 inj
  • SIZE ~89 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 100% Made in the USA Bully Tools. Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Zenith Cutter, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Zenith Cutter, Inc. averages 6.2 TCR (188% of the Metal forming machine tools manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Zenith Cutter, Inc. TCR series: 2018=4.7 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=6.9 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=11 · 2023=9.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Zenith Cutter, Inc. falls in its industry

391 Metal forming machine tools ma establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 35 Metal forming machine tools ma employers in Illinois.

Zenith Cutter, Inc. (89 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Zenith Cutter, Inc.
Zenith Cutter, Inc. (89 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Zenith Cutter, Inc. has more employees than the Metal forming machine tools manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2023 9.2 4.1 9 0 0
2022 11.0 7.7 9 1 0
2021 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2020 6.9 4.1 5 0 0
2019 4.2 3.1 4 0 0
2018 4.7 2.8 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333517 · IL · Loves Park

391 Metal forming machine tools manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 59 employers in Loves 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 100% Made in the USA Bully Tools. Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Electro Static Technology | AEGIS 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR CEP Technologies Corporation 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Tool Group- Wichita 6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Decatur 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG Des Plaines Reporting Center 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mundelein 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE Macon GC LLC 89 FTE
CITY-NEAR Loves Park Campus 1,186 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rock Cut Campus 850 FTE
CITY-NEAR Danfoss LLC 439 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mondelez International-Rockford Plant 405 FTE
NAT-TCR Columbus Plant 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR El Rancho Vista Healthcare 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Morton Plant Hospital (2100) 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Franklin Building Supply - McCall 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE St. Joseph's Rehabilitation & Care Center 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bismarck Radisson 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE Riverview 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pregis Ever Tec- Arlington 89 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.