Grocery Store · Illinois

243 Waterloo

Waterloo, IL · ~105 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

243 Waterloo runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade C.

243 Waterloo: 2.8 TCR = 82% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

243 Waterloo safety composite

243 Waterloo scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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

−3.4

2016→2024

243 Waterloo injury rate improved

243 Waterloo's TCR fell 3.4 from 5.0 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.0 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=4.5 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Waterloo, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 82% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #176/1293
  • PHOTO T&W Supermarket, Inc.
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~105 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: T&W Supermarket, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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243 Waterloo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 243 Waterloo averages 2.8 TCR (82% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).

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

243 Waterloo TCR series: 2016=5 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=0 · 2021=4.5 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.4

Where 243 Waterloo falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery Store establishments

Safer than 80% 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 #176 safest of 1293 Grocery Store employers in Illinois.

243 Waterloo (105 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate 243 Waterloo
243 Waterloo (105 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

243 Waterloo has more employees than the Grocery Store 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 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2023 4.9 4.9 3 0 0
2021 4.5 0.0 3 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.7 1.2 3 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.5 1.2 2 0 0
2016 5.0 2.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · IL · Waterloo

30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 20 employers in Waterloo, 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 T&W Supermarket, Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Giant Eagle #4012 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR FAREWAY STORES, INC. 491 MASON CITY 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Piggly Wiggly 185 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2099-Waterman, IL-STC (Monsanto Co.) 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE Becknell Services LLC 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE G.M. Sipes Construction, Inc. 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bay Valley Fooods 105 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 328 303 FTE
CITY-NEAR 328 284 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wm. Nobbe & Company 251 FTE
CITY-NEAR OakHill 199 FTE
NAT-TCR Frontiere Natural Meats, LLC 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR KO Management LLC 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Duval Asphalt Products, Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR MCAR Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cub Foods Brookdale - 5510 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE TQ Constructors, Inc. 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lafourche Sugars LLC 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advanced Nutrients 105 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.