Discount Department Stores · Illinois

0838 - Wheaton

Wheaton, IL · ~228 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

0838 - Wheaton runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade C.

0838 - Wheaton: 3.6 TCR = 105% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

0838 - Wheaton safety composite

0838 - Wheaton scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

0838 - Wheaton: 1.9 → 3.5 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 8.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.97× in 2024

0838 - Wheaton's TCR rose 1.6 from 1.9 in 2019 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Wheaton, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 105% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #96/220
  • PHOTO 1036 - Lake Zurich
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~228 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1036 - Lake Zurich (0.0 TCR gap)

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0838 - Wheaton in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 0838 - Wheaton averages 3.6 TCR (105% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).

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

0838 - Wheaton TCR series: 2019=1.9 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=8.9 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 3.4

Where 0838 - Wheaton falls in its industry

4,991 Discount Department Stores establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #96 safest of 220 Discount Department Stores employers in Illinois.

0838 - Wheaton (228 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 0838 - Wheaton
0838 - Wheaton (228 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

0838 - Wheaton has more employees than the Discount Department Stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2024 3.5 3.5 3 1 0
2023 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2022 8.9 7.5 4 8 0
2021 2.7 1.8 3 0 0
2019 1.9 1.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · IL · Wheaton

4,991 Discount Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 67 employers in Wheaton, 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 1036 - Lake Zurich 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1829 - North Charleston 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR WM 2288 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unit #1210 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Clearwater Paper Elwood LLC 228 FTE
STATE-SIZE Antioch 228 FTE
STATE-SIZE Provisur Technologies Mokena 228 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gateway Truck & Refrigeration 228 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marianjoy Rehabilitation Center 708 FTE
CITY-NEAR DuPage County Health Department 600 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sheriff's Office 502 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3290 418 FTE
NAT-TCR 1829 - North Charleston 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Fs-St. Vincent'S Med 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR La Bonita Supermarkets #3 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Garabar Inc 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 0863 - Menomonee Falls 228 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1011 - Eastern Hills 228 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1092 - Beechmont Area 228 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1244 - Forest Lake 228 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, 2022, 2021, 2019. 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.