Scientific laboratory equipment merchant wholesalers · Illinois
Cole-Parmer Instruments LLC
Vernon Hills, IL · ~278 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.3
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Cole-Parmer Instruments LLC runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Scientific laboratory equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.
Cole-Parmer Instruments LLC: 1.3 TCR = 59% of Scientific laboratory equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Cole-Parmer Instruments LLC safety composite
Cole-Parmer Instruments LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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).
58/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.29 per 100 workers
Safer than 75% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.67 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Cole-Parmer Instruments LLC: 0.0 → 2.2 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 2.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.29× in 2024
Cole-Parmer Instruments LLC's TCR rose 2.2 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423490 · Vernon Hills, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 1.3 · 59% of ind
- DART 1.7 DART
- RANK #4/8
- PHOTO 18177010 18177010-MW…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 20 inj
- SIZE ~278 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 18177010 18177010-MWI - NAMPA, ID (0.0 TCR gap)
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Cole-Parmer Instruments LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- VWR Catalyst F
VWR Catalyst Foster City
1.4 TCR
- Stafford-Smith
Stafford-Smith, Inc.
1.4 TCR
- This site
Cole-Parmer Instruments LLC
1.3 TCR
- 18177010 18177
18177010 18177010-MWI - NAMPA, ID
1.3 TCR
- 1915-2000X
1915-2000X
1.2 TCR
What this shows Cole-Parmer Instruments LLC averages 1.3 TCR (59% of the Scientific laboratory equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Cole-Parmer Instruments LLC TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0.4 · 2018=0.3 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=1.4 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 2.2
Where Cole-Parmer Instruments LLC falls in its industry
96 Scientific laboratory equipmen establishmentsSafer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Scientific laboratory equipmen employers in Illinois.
Cole-Parmer Instruments LLC has more employees than the Scientific laboratory equipment merchant median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423490 · IL · Vernon Hills
96 Scientific laboratory equipment merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 65 employers in Vernon Hills, 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 | 18177010 18177010-MWI - NAMPA, ID | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | VWR Catalyst Foster City | 1.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Stafford-Smith, Inc. | 1.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 1915-2000X | 1.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | CHRIST BROS. ASPHALT, INC. | 278 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | El Milagro Inc. Western | 278 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bison Gear and Engineering | 278 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Thyssenkrupp Crankshaft LLC | 278 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Vernon Hills | 1,273 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rust-Oleum | 580 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Vernon Hills, IL - BCU | 434 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BD Vernon Hills | 375 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Dometic Stuart | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | HORIBA Instruments Incorporated - Pasadena | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bentonville, AR | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Husqvarna Consumer Outdoor Products | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | New Millennium Building Systems, LLC. - Butler | 278 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 103-Drees-Corp Ft Mitchell | 278 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Maberry Packing LLC | 278 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hoerbiger Corporation of America | 278 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.