Employer · Illinois

3842 - DeKalb UDC

Dekalb, IL · ~1,411 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

3842 - DeKalb UDC runs at 351% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade F.

3842 - DeKalb UDC: 11.9 TCR = 351% of industry BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

3842 - DeKalb UDC safety composite

3842 - DeKalb UDC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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).

F

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 14.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

3842 - DeKalb UDC: 6.2 → 17.6 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 17.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.18× in 2021

3842 - DeKalb UDC's TCR rose 11.4 from 6.2 in 2019 to 17.6 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452210 · Dekalb, IL ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 11.9 · 351% of ind

  • DART 14.0 DART
  • RANK #166/169
  • PHOTO 0580 - Huntsville AL…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 160 inj
  • SIZE ~1,411 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0580 - Huntsville AL DC (0.0 TCR gap)

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3842 - DeKalb UDC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 3842 - DeKalb UDC averages 11.9 TCR (351% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

3842 - DeKalb UDC TCR series: 2019=6.2 · 2021=17.6 · BLS 3.4

Where 3842 - DeKalb UDC falls in its industry

2,917 industry establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #166 safest of 169 industry employers in Illinois.

3842 - DeKalb UDC (1,411 employees, TCR 11.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 98 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 3842 - DeKalb UDC
3842 - DeKalb UDC (1,411 employees, TCR 11.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 98 employees and a TCR of 3.1

3842 - DeKalb UDC has more employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2021 17.6 14.0 103 103 0
2019 6.2 6.1 57 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452210 · IL · Dekalb

2,917 industry 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 0580 - Huntsville AL DC 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 9434 - Albany Fulfillment Center 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0258 - Chino 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 9407 - Target.com Woodbury MN TFC 12.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Glenbard Twp High School District 87 1,408 FTE
STATE-SIZE Deerfield, IL - Corp Staff 1,400 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Springfield IL 1,398 FTE
STATE-SIZE Caterpillar Technical Center 1,425 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - UDC-DeKalb 1,635 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital 1,067 FTE
CITY-NEAR DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 940 FTE
CITY-NEAR 786 391 FTE
NAT-TCR Best Friends Animal Society 11.9 TCR
NAT-TCR LAX - Maintenance 11.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Forest Energy Oregon 11.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Birmingham Division Patton Chapel 11.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ariel Mt. Vernon 1,411 FTE
NAT-SIZE 381670-Cleveland Oh P&Dc 1,411 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pilgrim's Poultry Processing 1,410 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bradford White Corporation - Middleville 1,412 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: 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.