Discount Department Stores · Illinois

3842 - UDC-DeKalb

Dekalb, IL · ~1,635 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.2
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

3842 - UDC-DeKalb runs at 417% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade F.

3842 - UDC-DeKalb: 14.2 TCR = 417% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

3842 - UDC-DeKalb safety composite

3842 - UDC-DeKalb 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 14.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.28 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.7

2022→2024

3842 - UDC-DeKalb injury rate improved

3842 - UDC-DeKalb's TCR fell 3.7 from 17.0 in 2022 to 13.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 17.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=17.0 · 2023=12.2 · 2024=13.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 14.2 · 417% of ind

  • DART 12.3 DART
  • RANK #168/169
  • PHOTO 0578 - Tyler TX DC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 344 inj
  • SIZE ~1,635 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0578 - Tyler TX DC (0.1 TCR gap)

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3842 - UDC-DeKalb in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 3842 - UDC-DeKalb averages 14.2 TCR (417% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).

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

3842 - UDC-DeKalb TCR series: 2022=17 · 2023=12.2 · 2024=13.3 · BLS 3.4

Where 3842 - UDC-DeKalb falls in its industry

2,917 Discount Department Stores 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 #168 safest of 169 Discount Department Stores employers in Illinois.

3842 - UDC-DeKalb (1,635 employees, TCR 14.2) 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 3842 - UDC-DeKalb
3842 - UDC-DeKalb (1,635 employees, TCR 14.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 98 employees and a TCR of 3.1

3842 - UDC-DeKalb has more employees than the Discount Department Stores 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
2024 13.3 12.3 136 8 0
2023 12.2 10.9 121 4 0
2022 17.0 16.7 87 134 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452210 · IL · Dekalb

2,917 Discount Department Stores 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 0578 - Tyler TX DC 14.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1186 - Salem 14.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3810 - Savannah IW 13.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3810 - CDC Savannah GA Import Warehouse 13.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE PALATINE (ILPAL) 1,639 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dot Foods- MTS 1,642 FTE
STATE-SIZE 7930 SOUTH HOLLAND PCS 1,650 FTE
STATE-SIZE UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale 1,615 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
CITY-NEAR 786 391 FTE
NAT-TCR 174 Albertville Al 14.2 TCR
NAT-TCR ONT-1180 14.2 TCR
NAT-TCR CKF Urbandale 14.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Byers Enterprises Inc. 14.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Minnesota State Winona State University 1,635 FTE
NAT-SIZE 466 Lexington Ave 1,634 FTE
NAT-SIZE Comm HVAC NA and EMEA : MFG-La Crosse, WI-USA 1,634 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Boston 1,637 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. 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.