Distributors for internal combustion engines manufacturing · Illinois

Arens Controls

Arlington Heights, IL · ~77 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Arens Controls runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Distributors for internal combustion engines manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Arens Controls: 4.6 TCR = 84% of Distributors for internal combustion engines manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Arens Controls safety composite

Arens Controls scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

−1.2

2017→2024

Arens Controls injury rate improved

Arens Controls's TCR fell 1.2 from 5.0 in 2017 to 3.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.0 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=6.6 · 2024=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336320 · Arlington Heights, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.6 · 84% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #18/19
  • PHOTO Monona
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Monona (0.0 TCR gap)

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Arens Controls in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Arens Controls averages 4.6 TCR (84% of the Distributors for internal combustion engines manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Arens Controls TCR series: 2017=5 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=6.6 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 5.4

Where Arens Controls falls in its industry

216 Distributors for internal comb establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 19 Distributors for internal comb employers in Illinois.

Arens Controls (77 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 162 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Arens Controls
Arens Controls (77 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 162 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Arens Controls has fewer employees than the Distributors for internal combustion eng median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 3.8 2.5 3 0 0
2023 6.6 5.3 5 0 0
2022 2.9 2.9 2 0 0
2017 5.0 5.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336320 · IL · Arlington Heights

216 Distributors for internal combustion engines manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 121 employers in Arlington Heights, 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 Monona 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR North American Lighting - Salem 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Motor Components, LLC 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR NAL SALEM PLANT 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Albers Farm 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Facebook DKL 1 2 NEW 20126004 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Builtech Services, LLC. 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE William A. Randolph, Inc. 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwest Community Hospital 3,365 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARLINGTON HEIGHTS SCHOOL DISTRICT 25 911 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4813-48130002-ENCORE CHICAGO 845 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lutheran Home and Serv For The Aged 796 FTE
NAT-TCR Organic Alternatives 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Dadant & Sons Inc Candle Factory 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Visalia Main Library 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Tryon Equestrian Properties LLC 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rock Hill F&C 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE DC15 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Master Interiors, Inc. 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cokato Elementary 77 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, 2017. 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.