Abrasives merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Carol Stream - BlackHawk Industrial

Carol Stream, IL · ~32 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carol Stream - BlackHawk Industrial runs at 40% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Abrasives merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

Carol Stream - BlackHawk Industrial: 0.9 TCR = 40% of Abrasives merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carol Stream - BlackHawk Industrial safety composite

Carol Stream - BlackHawk Industrial scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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

−2.6

2019→2021

Carol Stream - BlackHawk Industrial injury rate improved

Carol Stream - BlackHawk Industrial's TCR fell 2.6 from 2.6 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423840 · Carol Stream, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 40% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/28
  • PHOTO MIN Westwood MA
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MIN Westwood MA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carol Stream - BlackHawk Industrial in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carol Stream - BlackHawk Industrial averages 0.9 TCR (40% of the Abrasives merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Carol Stream - BlackHawk Industrial TCR series: 2019=2.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Carol Stream - BlackHawk Industrial falls in its industry

589 Abrasives merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 28 Abrasives merchant wholesalers employers in Illinois.

Carol Stream - BlackHawk Industrial (32 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Carol Stream - BlackHawk Industrial
Carol Stream - BlackHawk Industrial (32 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Carol Stream - BlackHawk Industrial has fewer employees than the Abrasives merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.6 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423840 · IL · Carol Stream

589 Abrasives merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 170 employers in Carol Stream, 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 MIN Westwood MA 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR DFW Airport 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Salem Tools, Inc. 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Connector Specialists, Inc - SWH 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Eastern 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Utility Department 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - AIC Gas Corrosion 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG Ottawa Reporting Center 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group 2,151 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Litho, Inc. 1,657 FTE
CITY-NEAR 161275-CAROL STREAM IL P&DC 960 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hearthside Foods - Carol Stream 853 FTE
NAT-TCR BHE - Wichita (KS007) 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Skyline Roofing Houston 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Southeast Directional Drilling 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR J/K Excavation & Grading Co., Inc. 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cleveland - BlackHawk Industrial 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thompson Fab 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE CSI of Western Kentucky 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Inland Service Corporation, LLC 32 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.