Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Merchant Wholesalers · Illinois

4206-42060003-200000

Woodridge, IL · ~160 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

4206-42060003-200000 runs at 151% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

4206-42060003-200000: 3.3 TCR = 151% of Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

4206-42060003-200000 safety composite

4206-42060003-200000 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

4206-42060003-200000: 2.7 → 3.9 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 3.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.94× in 2021

4206-42060003-200000's TCR rose 1.1 from 2.7 in 2020 to 3.9 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424920 · Woodridge, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.3 · 151% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #3/6
  • PHOTO Nebraska Book Company
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~160 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Nebraska Book Company (0.1 TCR gap)

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4206-42060003-200000 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 4206-42060003-200000 averages 3.3 TCR (151% of the Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

4206-42060003-200000 TCR series: 2020=2.7 · 2021=3.9 · BLS 2.2

Where 4206-42060003-200000 falls in its industry

57 Book, Periodical, and Newspape establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 6 Book, Periodical, and Newspape employers in Illinois.

4206-42060003-200000 (160 employees, TCR 3.3) among 26 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 191 employees and a TCR of 3.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 27 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 4206-42060003-200000
4206-42060003-200000 (160 employees, TCR 3.3) among 26 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 191 employees and a TCR of 3.8

4206-42060003-200000 has fewer employees than the Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Merchant median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 3.9 3.1 5 0 0
2020 2.7 2.7 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424920 · IL · Woodridge

57 Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 111 employers in Woodridge, 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 Nebraska Book Company 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ogden Distribution Center 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Baker & Taylor Momence 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Barnes and Noble Distribution Center 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Luhr Bros., Inc. 160 FTE
STATE-SIZE Land O' Frost Inc.-Chicago 160 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kerry 160 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michael Foods - National Pasteurized Eggs 160 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMS INDUSTRIES, Inc 575 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMS Mechanical Systems, Inc 542 FTE
CITY-NEAR Morey Corporation 528 FTE
CITY-NEAR Edward Don & Company-IL 471 FTE
NAT-TCR Electric Production 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Courtyard San Francisco Union Square 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR TCSC Martins Ferry Plant 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Store #107 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE UCCSN 160 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Westin Jersey City Newport 160 FTE
NAT-SIZE CHRISTUS Spohn Shared Services 160 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cascade Die Casting Group - Atlantic 160 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, 2020. 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.