Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers · Illinois

229

Carol Stream, IL · ~28 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

229 runs at 185% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

229: 4.1 TCR = 185% of Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

229 safety composite

229 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

229: 0.0 → 2.8 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 11.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.68× in 2022

229's TCR rose 2.8 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.7 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423720 · Carol Stream, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 185% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #14/19
  • PHOTO Ferguson Enterprises…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ferguson Enterprises LLC: NJ Mahwah - 270 NJ-17 S (0.0 TCR gap)

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229 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 229 averages 4.1 TCR (185% of the Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

229 TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=11.7 · 2018=0 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=2.8 · BLS 2.2

Where 229 falls in its industry

853 Plumbing and Heating Equipment establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 19 Plumbing and Heating Equipment employers in Illinois.

229 (28 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 229
229 (28 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 3.3

229 has fewer employees than the Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Suppl median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2021 6.5 6.5 2 0 0
2020 3.5 3.5 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 11.7 5.8 2 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423720 · IL · Carol Stream

853 Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 170 employers in Carol Stream, 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 Ferguson Enterprises LLC: NJ Mahwah - 270 NJ-17 S 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR MA Lynn-400 Lynnway 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR LB Water- Frederick 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Penco Corporation - Headquarters 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Elite Growers, Inc. 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charles River Avian Roanoke 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience Princeton IL Research-PRI2 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tracy Export, Inc. 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group 2,151 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Litho, Inc. 1,657 FTE
CITY-NEAR 161275-CAROL STREAM IL P&DC 960 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hearthside Foods - Carol Stream 853 FTE
NAT-TCR Border States Electric - Nashville 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR AWC Portland 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Miller Park Way 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 2073-SW-20730072-MX 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE yard 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Blossom Place 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brook Gardens Place 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Copper Place 28 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.