Orthopedic devices manufacturing · Illinois

B & D Independence LLC

Mount Carmel, IL · ~39 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

B & D Independence LLC runs at 358% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Orthopedic devices manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

B & D Independence LLC: 11.8 TCR = 358% of Orthopedic devices manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

B & D Independence LLC safety composite

B & D Independence LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−18.7

2016→2017

B & D Independence LLC injury rate improved

B & D Independence LLC's TCR fell 18.7 from 21.1 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 21.1 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=21.1 · 2017=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339113 · Mount Carmel, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.8 · 358% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #22/22
  • PHOTO CSC 3000
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CSC 3000 (0.1 TCR gap)

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B & D Independence LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows B & D Independence LLC averages 11.8 TCR (358% of the Orthopedic devices manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

B & D Independence LLC TCR series: 2016=21.1 · 2017=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where B & D Independence LLC falls in its industry

555 Orthopedic devices manufacturi establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 22 Orthopedic devices manufacturi employers in Illinois.

B & D Independence LLC (39 employees, TCR 11.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 123 employees and a TCR of 2.1 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate B & D Independence LLC
B & D Independence LLC (39 employees, TCR 11.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 123 employees and a TCR of 2.1

B & D Independence LLC has fewer employees than the Orthopedic devices manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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
2017 2.5 0.0 1 0 0
2016 21.1 5.3 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339113 · IL · Mount Carmel

555 Orthopedic devices manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 7 employers in Mount Carmel, 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 CSC 3000 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Inspired by Drive 12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ken-Mar Machine Manufacturing Corp 12.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trulife Bellingham 11.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Beck's El Paso 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Green Glen Nursery, Inc 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE NRG Joliet Generating Station 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Bloomington 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wabash General Hospital 402 FTE
CITY-NEAR MotoRad of America, Inc. 177 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mt Carmel Stabilization Group, Inc. 140 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wabash Container 47 FTE
NAT-TCR St. Augustine Center (Flsta) 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Shelby Crossinig Health Campus 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Stratford 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0025 0968 11.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rai Mx Ewr 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Gerald Inc 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Textron Specialized Vehicles - Premier De-icers 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Russ Darrow LLC 39 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: 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.