Machine shops · Illinois

Zigler's Machine & Metal Works, LLC

Dixon, IL · ~27 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Zigler's Machine & Metal Works, LLC runs at 81% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade C.

Zigler's Machine & Metal Works, LLC: 2.7 TCR = 81% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Zigler's Machine & Metal Works, LLC safety composite

Zigler's Machine & Metal Works, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).

D

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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

Zigler's Machine & Metal Works, LLC: 0.0 → 8.0 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 8.0 TCR · DART/TCR 3× in 2022

Zigler's Machine & Metal Works, LLC's TCR rose 8.0 from 0.0 in 2020 to 8.0 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Dixon, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 81% of ind

  • DART 8.0 DART
  • RANK #41/103
  • PHOTO American Friction We…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: American Friction Welding (0.0 TCR gap)

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Zigler's Machine & Metal Works, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Zigler's Machine & Metal Works, LLC averages 2.7 TCR (81% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Zigler's Machine & Metal Works, LLC TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=8 · BLS 3.3

Where Zigler's Machine & Metal Works, LLC falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 62% 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 #41 safest of 103 Machine shops employers in Illinois.

Zigler's Machine & Metal Works, LLC (27 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Zigler's Machine & Metal Works, LLC
Zigler's Machine & Metal Works, LLC (27 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Zigler's Machine & Metal Works, LLC has fewer employees than the Machine shops 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
2022 8.0 8.0 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · IL · Dixon

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 50 employers in Dixon, 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 American Friction Welding 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR C&F Tool & Die Co., LLC 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Temco Tool Co Inc 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Moody Corp 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pizzo Native Plant Nursery, LLC 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE C070 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stonington, IL-R&D 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bloomington 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital 701 FTE
CITY-NEAR Raynor Garage Doors 541 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5399 333 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5399 327 FTE
NAT-TCR Briarcrest Christian School 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Zwanenberg Food Group (USA), Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Transit Team 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Eglin Operations & Maintenance Services (E-OMS) Contract 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Azusa - Reichhold 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Iowa DOT - Coralville Garage 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Iowa DOT - Grimes Garage 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Iowa DOT - Waterloo Garage 27 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, 2020. 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.