Manufacturing building construction · Illinois

Astec - Sterling

Sterling, IL · ~92 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Astec - Sterling runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Manufacturing building construction workplace, earning a grade B.

Astec - Sterling: 1.8 TCR = 61% of Manufacturing building construction BLS 2.9 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Astec - Sterling safety composite

Astec - Sterling scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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).

C

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−3.2

2020→2022

Astec - Sterling injury rate improved

Astec - Sterling's TCR fell 3.2 from 3.2 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=3.2 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236210 · Sterling, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 61% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #16/33
  • PHOTO SDB Tempe
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~92 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SDB Tempe (0.0 TCR gap)

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Astec - Sterling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Astec - Sterling averages 1.8 TCR (61% of the Manufacturing building construction BLS benchmark).

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

Astec - Sterling TCR series: 2020=3.2 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=0 · BLS 2.9

Where Astec - Sterling falls in its industry

924 Manufacturing building constru establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 33 Manufacturing building constru employers in Illinois.

Astec - Sterling (92 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Astec - Sterling
Astec - Sterling (92 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Astec - Sterling has more employees than the Manufacturing building construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.1 2.1 2 0 0
2020 3.2 2.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236210 · IL · Sterling

924 Manufacturing building construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 72 employers in Sterling, 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 SDB Tempe 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR John F. Otto Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Santa Cruz Nutrionals 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR AES Clean Technology 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Feldco Home Renewal Headquarters 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Graycor Southern Inc. (formerly known as Early Construction Inc.) 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE LA - Clune Construction Company 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Reed Construction 92 FTE
CITY-NEAR HALO Branded Solutions, Inc. 2,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR STIL 1,839 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wahl Clipper Corporation 1,260 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 7024 910 FTE
NAT-TCR Howden Roots LLC 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR James Hardie Reno 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Double S Dirt Works, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Ryerson - Charlotte 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Chase Hickory-Stewart Superabsorbents 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kennedy Tank and Manufacturing Company, Inc. 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE SGK Enterprises, Inc. dba Mark Kaufman Roofing 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE HHC KY Plant 92 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.