In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing · Illinois

ARDx Gurnee J54

Name: ARDx Gurnee J54 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Gurnee, IL · ~2,661 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

ARDx Gurnee J54 runs at 22% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

ARDx Gurnee J54: 0.7 TCR = 22% of In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ARDx Gurnee J54 safety composite

ARDx Gurnee J54 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% 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).

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% 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%).

ARDx Gurnee J54 held a steady TCR band

ARDx Gurnee J54's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.3 in 2020 to 0.4 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 1.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=0.3 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=0.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325413 · Gurnee, IL AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 22% of ind

DART 0.3 DART
RANK #1/9
PHOTO BioMerieux Durham
BOOK 3y book
INJ 43 inj
SIZE ~2,661 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BioMerieux Durham (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows ARDx Gurnee J54 averages 0.7 TCR (22% of the In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

ARDx Gurnee J54 TCR series: 2020=0.3 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=0.4 · BLS 3.3

Where ARDx Gurnee J54 falls in its industry

201 In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.4.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 9 In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance employers in Illinois.

ARDx Gurnee J54 (2,661 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 1.4

ARDx Gurnee J54 has more employees than the In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufactur median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.4. 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
2022	0.4	0.3	11	1
2021	1.4	0.6	27	4
2020	0.3	0.1	5	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325413 · IL · Gurnee

201 In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 91 employers in Gurnee, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	BioMerieux Durham	DURHAM, NC	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Riverside Facility	ANDOVER, MA	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Thermo Fisher Scientific	MIDDLETOWN, VA	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mediatech	MANASSAS, VA	0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	02 - Walsh Construction Company II	CHICAGO	2,681 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ILRKF - ROCKFORD AIR HUB	ROCKFORD	2,634 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Swedish American Hospital - 4800	ROCKFORD	2,629 FTE
STATE-SIZE	HSHS St. John's Hospital	SPRINGFIELD	2,696 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Great Wolf Lodge Illinois	Gurnee	513 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Waukegan	Gurnee	456 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1668	Gurnee	339 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1668	Gurnee	316 FTE
NAT-TCR	ARDx Portsmouth	Portsmouth, VA	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wacker Chemical Corporation	Eddyville, IA	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Zuni Offices	Denver, CO	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Nashville Truck Center	Nashville, TN	0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Mat-Su Borough School District	Palmer, AK	2,660 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Doylestown Health	Doylestown, PA	2,664 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Highland Hospital	Oakland, CA	2,664 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Big Rapids Campus	Big Rapids, MI	2,664 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. 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.