Grocery stores · Illinois

Buffalo Grove 42

Buffalo Grove, IL · ~141 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Buffalo Grove 42 runs at 150% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Buffalo Grove 42: 5.1 TCR = 150% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Buffalo Grove 42 safety composite

Buffalo Grove 42 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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%).

Buffalo Grove 42 held a steady TCR band

Buffalo Grove 42's TCR held near 0.3 from 4.5 in 2018 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.5 · 2019=6.0 · 2024=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Buffalo Grove, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 150% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #604/1293
  • PHOTO The Fresh Market 205
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~141 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Fresh Market 205 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Buffalo Grove 42 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Buffalo Grove 42 averages 5.1 TCR (150% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

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

Buffalo Grove 42 TCR series: 2018=4.5 · 2019=6 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 3.4

Where Buffalo Grove 42 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #604 safest of 1293 Grocery stores employers in Illinois.

Buffalo Grove 42 (141 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 Buffalo Grove 42
Buffalo Grove 42 (141 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Buffalo Grove 42 has more employees than the Grocery stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 4.8 0.8 6 0 0
2019 6.0 3.5 7 0 0
2018 4.5 2.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · IL · Buffalo Grove

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 66 employers in Buffalo Grove, 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 The Fresh Market 205 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store #67 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rouses Market #35 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 1584 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE American Dream Home Improvement, Inc. 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE Samron Midwest Contracting 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE PMI Energy Solutions LLC 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE Climate Pros-Glendale Heights-Brandon 141 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal Building Services, Inc. 2,440 FTE
CITY-NEAR Flex - Buffalo Grove 1,217 FTE
CITY-NEAR Flex Buffalo Grove - 700 Building 798 FTE
CITY-NEAR BT Buffalo Grove 760 FTE
NAT-TCR Thurel Mason Trucking Inc 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Broadcom Limited Ridder Park D 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR CA Fairfield 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Occoquan Regional Park 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Red Carpet Car Wash Blackstone 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dehydrator 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE Labatt New Mexico 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE Walnut Creek Cheese WC Retail 141 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, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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