PAINTING(OR PAPERHANGING)NOC & SHOP OPERATIONS · Illinois

Cedar Preservation Specialist, Inc.

Des Plaines, IL · ~21 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cedar Preservation Specialist, Inc. runs at 94% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical PAINTING(OR PAPERHANGING)NOC & SHOP OPERATIONS workplace, earning a grade C.

Cedar Preservation Specialist, Inc.: 2.6 TCR = 94% of PAINTING(OR PAPERHANGING)NOC & SHOP OPERATIONS BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cedar Preservation Specialist, Inc. safety composite

Cedar Preservation Specialist, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% 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).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−5.3

2016→2017

Cedar Preservation Specialist, Inc. injury rate improved

Cedar Preservation Specialist, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.3 from 5.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.3 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.3 · 2017=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238320 · Des Plaines, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.6 · 94% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/17
  • PHOTO J. E. Travis Paintin…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: J. E. Travis Painting Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cedar Preservation Specialist, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cedar Preservation Specialist, Inc. averages 2.6 TCR (94% of the PAINTING(OR PAPERHANGING)NOC & SHOP OPERATIONS BLS benchmark).

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

Cedar Preservation Specialist, Inc. TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Cedar Preservation Specialist, Inc. falls in its industry

582 PAINTING(OR PAPERHANGING)NOC & establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 17 PAINTING(OR PAPERHANGING)NOC & employers in Illinois.

Cedar Preservation Specialist, Inc. (21 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Cedar Preservation Specialist, Inc.
Cedar Preservation Specialist, Inc. (21 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Cedar Preservation Specialist, Inc. has fewer employees than the PAINTING(OR PAPERHANGING)NOC & SHOP OPER median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 5.3 5.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238320 · IL · Des Plaines

582 PAINTING(OR PAPERHANGING)NOC & SHOP OPERATIONS employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 174 employers in Des Plaines, 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 J. E. Travis Painting Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Phoenixhousepainting.com LLC dba: PHP Commercial Painting 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR MacKenzie Painting Company/The MacKenzie Co LLC 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Frank W. Lewis & Son Seed FArms, Inc 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE RAVENS LIVESTOCK & FARMS INC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bushnell 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE 21st Century Sow Farm 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Illinois Bone & Joint Institute 2,172 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rivers Casino 1,705 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Plaines Campus 1,245 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Plaines (IL36) 1,200 FTE
NAT-TCR Kraft Heinz Oscar Mayer 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 0309 - Phoenix-Northgate, Az 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 0276 - Jacksonville, Nc 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 0090 - Pearl, Ms 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4006 Mt. Aloysius College 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0774 - Albuquerque-Central, Nm 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0744 - Jasper, Al 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0725 - Easton, Pa 21 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: 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.