Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Burris Equipment - Waukegan

Waukegan, IL · ~63 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Burris Equipment - Waukegan runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Burris Equipment - Waukegan: 1.9 TCR = 87% of Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Burris Equipment - Waukegan safety composite

Burris Equipment - Waukegan scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−6.1

2016→2023

Burris Equipment - Waukegan injury rate improved

Burris Equipment - Waukegan's TCR fell 6.1 from 6.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.1 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=2.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423810 · Waukegan, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 1.9 · 87% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/14
  • PHOTO Highway Equipment & …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Highway Equipment & Supply Co 01 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Burris Equipment - Waukegan in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Burris Equipment - Waukegan averages 1.9 TCR (87% of the Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Burris Equipment - Waukegan TCR series: 2016=6.1 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=0 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=2 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Burris Equipment - Waukegan falls in its industry

533 Construction machinery and equ establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

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 14 Construction machinery and equ employers in Illinois.

Burris Equipment - Waukegan (63 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Burris Equipment - Waukegan
Burris Equipment - Waukegan (63 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Burris Equipment - Waukegan has more employees than the Construction machinery and equipment mer median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.0 0.0 1 0 0
2020 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2019 1.8 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 3.5 1.2 3 0 0
2016 6.1 2.4 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423810 · IL · Waukegan

533 Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 141 employers in Waukegan, 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 Highway Equipment & Supply Co 01 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Voortman USA LLC 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Winchester 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 19 Syracuse 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Waterman, IL-STC 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hinsdale Nurseries, Inc. Plano 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE 40L - IL Relay & Ops 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water/Public Works, Public Utiities 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waukegan PSD #60 2,420 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vista Medical Center 936 FTE
CITY-NEAR Visual Pak Waukegan 807 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Blending & Filling 793 FTE
NAT-TCR GSL Comm Ed / Field House 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Henderson County Judicial Center 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Jc Lara Contractor Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Castro-Mission Health Center 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hansen's IGA Stanley 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Gund Company 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Adc Construction LLC 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dow AgroSciences/Mycogen Seeds 63 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, 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.