Flagging (i.e., traffic control) services · Illinois

Barricade Lites Inc.

Addison, IL · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Barricade Lites Inc. runs at 151% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Flagging (i.e., traffic control) services workplace, earning a grade D.

Barricade Lites Inc.: 3.9 TCR = 151% of Flagging (i.e., traffic control) services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Barricade Lites Inc. safety composite

Barricade Lites Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−7.8

2023→2024

Barricade Lites Inc. injury rate improved

Barricade Lites Inc.'s TCR fell 7.8 from 7.8 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=7.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561990 · Addison, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.9 · 151% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/5
  • PHOTO BLI1
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BLI1 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Barricade Lites Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Barricade Lites Inc. averages 3.9 TCR (151% of the Flagging (i.e., traffic control) services BLS benchmark).

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

Barricade Lites Inc. TCR series: 2023=7.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.6

Where Barricade Lites Inc. falls in its industry

208 Flagging (i.e., traffic contro establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Flagging (i.e., traffic contro employers in Illinois.

Barricade Lites Inc. (22 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Barricade Lites Inc.
Barricade Lites Inc. (22 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Barricade Lites Inc. has fewer employees than the Flagging (i.e., traffic control) service median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 7.8 7.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561990 · IL · Addison

208 Flagging (i.e., traffic control) services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 161 employers in Addison, 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 BLI1 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Indiana (CIN) 2401 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Worthen Industries Grand Rapids 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northwest Traffic Control Inc 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tolono Main 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anna Evergreen, LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sunset 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cedarcrest, LLC. 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILADD - ADDISON A BUILDING 2,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR ADDISON A BUILDING (ILADD) 2,078 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mondelez Global Central/West Sales 1,164 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arjo Inc. 727 FTE
NAT-TCR Iron Mountain 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Hudson Technologies 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR I I Stanley Co., Inc. 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR UT Health Carthage 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brookdale McPherson 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Src Roofing, Inc. 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE MO Drywall Hazelwood 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Capitol Palmetto 22 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. 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.