Fire and flood restoration, single-family housing, general contractors · Illinois

Chem-K, LLC

Normal, IL · ~27 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.5
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chem-K, LLC runs at 197% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fire and flood restoration, single-family housing, general contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Chem-K, LLC: 7.5 TCR = 197% of Fire and flood restoration, single-family housing, general contractors BLS 3.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chem-K, LLC safety composite

Chem-K, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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).

D

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 7.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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

−4.5

2022→2024

Chem-K, LLC injury rate improved

Chem-K, LLC's TCR fell 4.5 from 13.4 in 2022 to 9.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 13.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=13.4 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=9.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236118 · Normal, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.5 · 197% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #24/31
  • PHOTO GSeay, Inc.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GSeay, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chem-K, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chem-K, LLC averages 7.5 TCR (197% of the Fire and flood restoration, single-family housing, general contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Chem-K, LLC TCR series: 2022=13.4 · 2023=0 · 2024=9 · BLS 3.8

Where Chem-K, LLC falls in its industry

698 Fire and flood restoration, si establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 31 Fire and flood restoration, si employers in Illinois.

Chem-K, LLC (27 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 6.1 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 050100150200 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Chem-K, LLC
Chem-K, LLC (27 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Chem-K, LLC has fewer employees than the Fire and flood restoration, single-famil median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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
2024 9.0 4.5 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 13.4 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236118 · IL · Normal

698 Fire and flood restoration, single-family housing, general contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 116 employers in Normal, 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 GSeay, Inc. 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Buraski Builders, Inc. 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Quality First Home Improvement, Inc. - Reno 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Magee Construction Company 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pizzo Native Plant Nursery, LLC 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE C070 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stonington, IL-R&D 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bloomington 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Normal Plant - 100 Rivian Motorway 7,793 FTE
CITY-NEAR McLean County CUSD #5 2,474 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate BroMenn Medical Center 1,313 FTE
CITY-NEAR Heartland Community College 716 FTE
NAT-TCR Conner Prairie Museum 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 7551-Pdllc-Lycoming College 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Shellcast, Inc. 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Orscheln Products LLC 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Richelieu America Ltd ORL 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Henningsen Foods-Ravenna 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4064 - Shelby Countertops 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Transport - 306 27 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: 2024, 2023, 2022. 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.