Tires, new, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Ben Tire Distributors - SGW

Springfield, IL · ~23 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ben Tire Distributors - SGW runs at 161% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Tires, new, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Ben Tire Distributors - SGW: 3.5 TCR = 161% of Tires, new, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ben Tire Distributors - SGW safety composite

Ben Tire Distributors - SGW scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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)
C 3.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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%).

Ben Tire Distributors - SGW held a steady TCR band

Ben Tire Distributors - SGW's TCR held near 0.1 from 4.3 in 2016 to 4.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.3 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=5.0 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423130 · Springfield, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 161% of ind

  • DART 4.4 DART
  • RANK #3/16
  • PHOTO N Baltimore
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: N Baltimore (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ben Tire Distributors - SGW in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ben Tire Distributors - SGW averages 3.5 TCR (161% of the Tires, new, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Ben Tire Distributors - SGW TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=5 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=4.4 · BLS 2.2

Where Ben Tire Distributors - SGW falls in its industry

438 Tires, new, motor vehicle, mer establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 16 Tires, new, motor vehicle, mer employers in Illinois.

Ben Tire Distributors - SGW (23 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ben Tire Distributors - SGW
Ben Tire Distributors - SGW (23 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Ben Tire Distributors - SGW has fewer employees than the Tires, new, motor vehicle, merchant whol median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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
2024 4.4 4.4 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.8 4.8 1 0 0
2020 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2019 4.6 0.0 1 0 0
2018 5.0 5.0 1 0 0
2017 4.3 4.3 1 0 0
2016 4.3 4.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423130 · IL · Springfield

438 Tires, new, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 311 employers in Springfield, 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 N Baltimore 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Boston 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6232-3021 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gateway Tire of Arkansas 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oak Grove 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eagle Point Farms, LLC. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mendota Office 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nokomis Area Fire Protection District 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memorial Medical Center 4,160 FTE
CITY-NEAR Springfield Memorial Hospital 3,837 FTE
CITY-NEAR Springfield Clinic, LLP 2,870 FTE
CITY-NEAR HSHS St. John's Hospital 2,696 FTE
NAT-TCR Precision Roll Grinders, Inc. - GA 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Czarnowski-Utah/St. George 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Ingram Readymix, Inc.-Sa4 #22 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR LaSalle Bristol IN 3200 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Skyline Solar Hamilton, NJ Office 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valu Home Center #10 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE C015 Elizabeth City 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Streets Warehouse 23 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.