Filters (e.g., air, engine oil, fuel) automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · Illinois

Champion Laboratories - DS

Albion, IL · ~144 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Champion Laboratories - DS runs at 30% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Filters (e.g., air, engine oil, fuel) automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Champion Laboratories - DS: 1.6 TCR = 30% of Filters (e.g., air, engine oil, fuel) automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Champion Laboratories - DS safety composite

Champion Laboratories - DS scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% 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

−0.6

2018→2022

Champion Laboratories - DS injury rate improved

Champion Laboratories - DS's TCR fell 0.6 from 1.3 in 2018 to 0.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=1.3 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=2.0 · 2022=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336390 · Albion, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 30% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #14/41
  • PHOTO TI Fluid System - Os…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~144 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TI Fluid System - Ossian (0.0 TCR gap)

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Champion Laboratories - DS in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Champion Laboratories - DS averages 1.6 TCR (30% of the Filters (e.g., air, engine oil, fuel) automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Champion Laboratories - DS TCR series: 2018=1.3 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=2 · 2022=0.7 · BLS 5.4

Where Champion Laboratories - DS falls in its industry

772 Filters (e.g., air, engine oil establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 41 Filters (e.g., air, engine oil employers in Illinois.

Champion Laboratories - DS (144 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Champion Laboratories - DS
Champion Laboratories - DS (144 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Champion Laboratories - DS has fewer employees than the Filters (e.g., air, engine oil, fuel) au median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2022 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2021 2.0 2.0 3 0 0
2020 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2019 3.2 3.2 5 0 0
2018 1.3 1.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336390 · IL · Albion

772 Filters (e.g., air, engine oil, fuel) automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 6 employers in Albion, 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 TI Fluid System - Ossian 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR S & A Industries New Albany Mississippi 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CC Industries, LLC 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR FMI Hamburg 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Muller Pinehurst Dairy Inc 144 FTE
STATE-SIZE Norman Mechanical Inc 144 FTE
STATE-SIZE A&R Mechanical Contractors 144 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Suter Company, Inc. (May) 144 FTE
CITY-NEAR Champion Laboratories - Oil Plant 666 FTE
CITY-NEAR Verano CPG IL - Ataraxia 293 FTE
CITY-NEAR Champion Laboratories - Air Plant 239 FTE
CITY-NEAR 160066-ALBION PO 20 FTE
NAT-TCR C&A Transportation 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Great Dane - Statesboro 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Carolina Construction 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR filtrec corporation 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Stop & Shop 100639 144 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ayden Court Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 144 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stop & Shop 100066 144 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pacific Rim Constructors Inc. 144 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.