Homecenter · Illinois

0059 Lowe S of De Kalb Il

Dekalb, IL · ~117 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

0059 Lowe S of De Kalb Il runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Homecenter workplace, earning a grade C.

0059 Lowe S of De Kalb Il: 3.1 TCR = 90% of Homecenter BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

0059 Lowe S of De Kalb Il safety composite

0059 Lowe S of De Kalb Il scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
B 1.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.1

2023→2024

0059 Lowe S of De Kalb Il injury rate improved

0059 Lowe S of De Kalb Il's TCR fell 1.1 from 3.6 in 2023 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=3.6 · 2024=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444110 · Dekalb, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 90% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #54/215
  • PHOTO 2467 HDES TEXAS
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~117 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2467 HDES TEXAS (0.0 TCR gap)

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0059 Lowe S of De Kalb Il in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 0059 Lowe S of De Kalb Il averages 3.1 TCR (90% of the Homecenter BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

0059 Lowe S of De Kalb Il TCR series: 2023=3.6 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 3.4

Where 0059 Lowe S of De Kalb Il falls in its industry

6,309 Homecenter establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #54 safest of 215 Homecenter employers in Illinois.

0059 Lowe S of De Kalb Il (117 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 0059 Lowe S of De Kalb Il
0059 Lowe S of De Kalb Il (117 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7

0059 Lowe S of De Kalb Il has more employees than the Homecenter median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2024 2.5 1.3 2 0 0
2023 3.6 2.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444110 · IL · Dekalb

6,309 Homecenter employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 93 employers in Dekalb, 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 2467 HDES TEXAS 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3861 E HAMILTON 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6657 LA HABRA 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6687 SW BAKERSFIELD 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Village of New Lenox 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAI-0032-0032-03477 FAC-03477-CHICAGO-IL 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE Odd Fellow - Rebekah Home #538 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE Merit Contractors, LLC 2016 117 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - UDC-DeKalb 1,635 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - DeKalb UDC 1,411 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital 1,067 FTE
CITY-NEAR DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 940 FTE
NAT-TCR Alabama Professional Services, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Matthews NC 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR CA-SSID Motor/Tool/Valve Shops 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Dakota Spirit AgEnergy, LLC 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ellwood Texas Forge Houston 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Laredo Specialty Hospital, LP 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rehabilitation Hospital of the Northwest 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Oil & Supply 117 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: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.