Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric · Illinois

Buffalo Grove Facility

Buffalo Grove, IL · ~130 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.3
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Buffalo Grove Facility runs at 28% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric workplace, earning a grade A.

Buffalo Grove Facility: 0.3 TCR = 28% of Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Buffalo Grove Facility safety composite

Buffalo Grove Facility scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.4

2016→2019

Buffalo Grove Facility injury rate improved

Buffalo Grove Facility's TCR fell 1.4 from 1.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.4 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221112 · Buffalo Grove, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 28% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/28
  • PHOTO MCMEEKIN STEAM PLANT
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~130 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MCMEEKIN STEAM PLANT (0.0 TCR gap)

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Buffalo Grove Facility in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Buffalo Grove Facility averages 0.3 TCR (28% of the Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric BLS benchmark).

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

Buffalo Grove Facility TCR series: 2016=1.4 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Buffalo Grove Facility falls in its industry

846 Power generation, fossil fuel establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 28 Power generation, fossil fuel employers in Illinois.

Buffalo Grove Facility (130 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Buffalo Grove Facility
Buffalo Grove Facility (130 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Buffalo Grove Facility has more employees than the Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coa median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.4 0.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221112 · IL · Buffalo Grove

846 Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric 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 MCMEEKIN STEAM PLANT 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR EIF Channelview Cogeneration LLC 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mitsubishi Power Americas (PGS-Service) 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 00558 AMERICAN FORK SVC CTR 0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Effingham 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwestern Pet Foods, Inc. - Monmouth 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE Geka Manufacturing Corporation 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plastic Products Co., Inc. - Moline 130 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 Tmx2087 - Phoenix Contact Center 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Company Wide 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR PCI Portland Interior 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Horsham Pa Office 0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Diamond Bar, CA 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fair Oaks Farms, East Plant 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE SD,VERMILLION - Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carteret, NJ 130 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: 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.