Water softening equipment manufacturing · Illinois

Culligan: Distribution, QA, & Returned Goods

Libertyville, IL · ~25 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Culligan: Distribution, QA, & Returned Goods runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Water softening equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Culligan: Distribution, QA, & Returned Goods: 3.0 TCR = 92% of Water softening equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Culligan: Distribution, QA, & Returned Goods safety composite

Culligan: Distribution, QA, & Returned Goods scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−8.2

2016→2019

Culligan: Distribution, QA, & Returned Goods injury rate improved

Culligan: Distribution, QA, & Returned Goods's TCR fell 8.2 from 8.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.2 · 2017=4.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333318 · Libertyville, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 92% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #18/28
  • PHOTO Fairfield IA
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fairfield IA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Culligan: Distribution, QA, & Returned Goods in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Culligan: Distribution, QA, & Returned Goods averages 3.0 TCR (92% of the Water softening equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Culligan: Distribution, QA, & Returned Goods TCR series: 2016=8.2 · 2017=4 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Culligan: Distribution, QA, & Returned Goods falls in its industry

361 Water softening equipment manu establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 28 Water softening equipment manu employers in Illinois.

Culligan: Distribution, QA, & Returned Goods (25 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Culligan: Distribution, QA, & Returned Goods
Culligan: Distribution, QA, & Returned Goods (25 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Culligan: Distribution, QA, & Returned Goods has fewer employees than the Water softening equipment manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 4.0 0.0 1 0 0
2016 8.2 8.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333318 · IL · Libertyville

361 Water softening equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 71 employers in Libertyville, 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 Fairfield IA 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Domestic Linen Supply and Laundry Co. 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Veolia WTS 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Whirlpool Corporation - Fall River 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Emerald Mound Lebanon Fire Department 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Steve Piper and Sons, Inc 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - IL Meter Services North 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Headquarters 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Condell Medical Center 1,903 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brightstar, US 1,755 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aldridge Electric 1,193 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hollister Incorporated Libertyville 580 FTE
NAT-TCR Austin Tri-Hawk Automotive, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 332 - Ann Arbor 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Life Care Center of the North Shore 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Cumming Motors Inc 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wheelabrator Ridge Energy Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6301 Winchester Ave Kansas City MO 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stacy and Witbeck/Sundt, A Joint Venture - Gilbert Road LRT Extension 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Comstock Park Thrift Store 25 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: 2019, 2018, 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.