Landscape contractors (except construction) · Illinois

Buhrman Design Group

Mundelein, IL · ~42 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Buhrman Design Group runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Landscape contractors (except construction) workplace, earning a grade B.

Buhrman Design Group: 3.4 TCR = 76% of Landscape contractors (except construction) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Buhrman Design Group safety composite

Buhrman Design Group scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

−6.8

2021→2023

Buhrman Design Group injury rate improved

Buhrman Design Group's TCR fell 6.8 from 6.8 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=6.8 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Mundelein, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.4 · 76% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #44/133
  • PHOTO Landscapes USA
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Landscapes USA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Buhrman Design Group in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Buhrman Design Group averages 3.4 TCR (76% of the Landscape contractors (except construction) BLS benchmark).

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

Buhrman Design Group TCR series: 2021=6.8 · 2023=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Buhrman Design Group falls in its industry

2,875 Landscape contractors (except establishments

Safer than 63% 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 #44 safest of 133 Landscape contractors (except employers in Illinois.

Buhrman Design Group (42 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Buhrman Design Group
Buhrman Design Group (42 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Buhrman Design Group has fewer employees than the Landscape contractors (except constructi median and a lower 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
2023 0.0 0.0 1 1 0
2021 6.8 6.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · IL · Mundelein

2,875 Landscape contractors (except construction) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 63 employers in Mundelein, 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 Landscapes USA 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR FL - Fort Lauderdale 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tri Valley Branch - Deerwood 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fredericksburg 37130 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE DAS Pontiac, IL 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waterman, IL-R&D 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Springfield IL 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Egyptian Electric Cooperative 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mundelein Office 954 FTE
CITY-NEAR Medline Industries - Dynacor - DYN 643 FTE
CITY-NEAR FREMONT SCHOOL DISTRICT #79 388 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ruprecht 347 FTE
NAT-TCR Brown County Hospital 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Axiom, Inc 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Cleveland 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Vacuum Barrier Corp 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE R/J Group, Inc. 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Athens Mold and Machine 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kansas City Railcar Service 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Unit Liner Company 42 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: 2023, 2021. 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.