Manufacturing · Illinois

ZF Chassis Systems-Chicago

Chicago, IL · ~369 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.3
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ZF Chassis Systems-Chicago runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

ZF Chassis Systems-Chicago: 8.3 TCR = 153% of Manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ZF Chassis Systems-Chicago safety composite

ZF Chassis Systems-Chicago scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

−2.6

2016→2018

ZF Chassis Systems-Chicago injury rate improved

ZF Chassis Systems-Chicago's TCR fell 2.6 from 10.2 in 2016 to 7.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.2 · 2017=7.0 · 2018=7.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336350 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 8.3 · 153% of ind

  • DART 6.1 DART
  • RANK #32/35
  • PHOTO Penn Metal Stamping,…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 72 inj
  • SIZE ~369 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Penn Metal Stamping, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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ZF Chassis Systems-Chicago in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ZF Chassis Systems-Chicago averages 8.3 TCR (153% of the Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

ZF Chassis Systems-Chicago TCR series: 2016=10.2 · 2017=7 · 2018=7.6 · BLS 5.4

Where ZF Chassis Systems-Chicago falls in its industry

320 Manufacturing establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 35 Manufacturing employers in Illinois.

ZF Chassis Systems-Chicago (369 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 200 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate ZF Chassis Systems-Chicago
ZF Chassis Systems-Chicago (369 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 200 employees and a TCR of 2.9

ZF Chassis Systems-Chicago has more employees than the Manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2018 7.6 6.1 22 9 0
2017 7.0 6.3 21 7 0
2016 10.2 8.3 29 9 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336350 · IL · Chicago

320 Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, 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 Penn Metal Stamping, Inc. 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Inland Truck Parts Company 8 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR MacLean Fogg Component Solutions Saegertown 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Inland Truck Parts Company 25 8.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE CAHCrystal Lake 369 FTE
STATE-SIZE 10252 Lincoln Park (relo) 369 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5965 369 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1740 369 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR MSE Technologies, LLC 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Norfolk (Vanor) 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR PDM Constructors LLC 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR B-X Centerville LLC 8.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Main Line Health Laboratories, Inc. 369 FTE
NAT-SIZE Streamsong Resort 369 FTE
NAT-SIZE Colorado Springs (Cocol) 369 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chalk Hill - Hib (Txckl) 369 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: 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.