Bridge construction · Illinois

Area Equipment, Inc.

Villa Park, IL · ~20 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Area Equipment, Inc. runs at 321% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bridge construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Area Equipment, Inc.: 9.0 TCR = 321% of Bridge construction BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Area Equipment, Inc. safety composite

Area Equipment, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 16.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

Area Equipment, Inc.: 13.1 → 16.0 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 21.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.78× in 2024

Area Equipment, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.9 from 13.1 in 2016 to 16.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 21.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237310 · Villa Park, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.0 · 321% of ind

  • DART 16.0 DART
  • RANK #169/266
  • PHOTO City of Harrisonburg…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Harrisonburg Public Works (0.0 TCR gap)

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Area Equipment, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Area Equipment, Inc. averages 9.0 TCR (321% of the Bridge construction BLS benchmark).

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

Area Equipment, Inc. TCR series: 2016=13.1 · 2017=0 · 2018=20.8 · 2019=9.8 · 2020=21.2 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=16 · BLS 2.8

Where Area Equipment, Inc. falls in its industry

4,078 Bridge construction establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #169 safest of 266 Bridge construction employers in Illinois.

Area Equipment, Inc. (20 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Area Equipment, Inc.
Area Equipment, Inc. (20 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Area Equipment, Inc. has fewer employees than the Bridge construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 16.0 16.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 21.2 7.1 3 0 0
2019 9.8 9.8 1 0 0
2018 20.8 20.8 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 13.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237310 · IL · Villa Park

4,078 Bridge construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 46 employers in Villa Park, 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 City of Harrisonburg Public Works 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR KNIFE RIVER - LINTN RM / METRO OFFICE 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valley Paving Inc. 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stephens City AHQ 9.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE East Ridge 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bay Creek 4 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Deer Run 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand View Farms, LLC. 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR 100W-SEG1-100W 336 FTE
CITY-NEAR 17PK-SEG1-17PK VT-VILLA PK 335 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1737 300 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1737 293 FTE
NAT-TCR The Estaugh T/A Medford Leas 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR AM Braswell Jr. Food Company 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Westside Finishing Company Inc 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Crown Products Company Inc 9.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pupil Personnel Services 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Driller, LLC 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE SVBFOUNDRY 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE McDonald Company, Inc. 20 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, 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.