Van lines, moving and storage services · Illinois

Blackhawk Moving & Storage

Sycamore, IL · ~43 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Blackhawk Moving & Storage runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Van lines, moving and storage services workplace, earning a grade D.

Blackhawk Moving & Storage: 5.8 TCR = 129% of Van lines, moving and storage services BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Blackhawk Moving & Storage safety composite

Blackhawk Moving & Storage scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−4.1

2016→2024

Blackhawk Moving & Storage injury rate improved

Blackhawk Moving & Storage's TCR fell 4.1 from 9.1 in 2016 to 5.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.1 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=7.3 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=5.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484210 · Sycamore, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 129% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #17/31
  • PHOTO ABC Moving Services,…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ABC Moving Services, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Blackhawk Moving & Storage in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Blackhawk Moving & Storage averages 5.8 TCR (129% of the Van lines, moving and storage services BLS benchmark).

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

Blackhawk Moving & Storage TCR series: 2016=9.1 · 2018=9.3 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=7.3 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=5 · BLS 4.5

Where Blackhawk Moving & Storage falls in its industry

548 Van lines, moving and storage establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 31 Van lines, moving and storage employers in Illinois.

Blackhawk Moving & Storage (43 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 7.6 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Blackhawk Moving & Storage
Blackhawk Moving & Storage (43 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 7.6

Blackhawk Moving & Storage has more employees than the Van lines, moving and storage services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.6. 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 5.0 0.0 1 0 0
2023 3.7 3.7 1 0 0
2022 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2021 4.4 4.4 2 0 0
2020 7.3 7.3 3 0 0
2019 4.9 4.9 2 0 0
2018 9.3 4.6 3 1 0
2016 9.1 6.8 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484210 · IL · Sycamore

548 Van lines, moving and storage services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 44 employers in Sycamore, 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 ABC Moving Services, Inc 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Changing Places Moving and Services 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR College H.U.N.K.S. Hauling Junk and Moving, Atlanta NE 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Two Men and A Truck/Seminole County, FL 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Illinois 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stratum Reservoir, LLC - Champaign 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - East St. Louis 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Manlove Storage Field 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR DeKalb County Government 583 FTE
CITY-NEAR Adient-AS-Sycamore Facility-00209 402 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sycamore 386 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Suter Company, Inc. 335 FTE
NAT-TCR Boston Marriott Burlington 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Jacksonville JAX 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Stockdale's Selmer 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Soy Processing Plant Hastings 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dynasty Electric 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Guardian Lima LLC 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE JBS Contracting, Inc. 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dallas (Polyiso) 43 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, 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.