Plumbing contractors · Illinois

DeFranco Plumbing, Inc.

Palatine, IL · ~29 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DeFranco Plumbing, Inc. runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Plumbing contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

DeFranco Plumbing, Inc.: 2.3 TCR = 84% of Plumbing contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DeFranco Plumbing, Inc. safety composite

DeFranco Plumbing, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

DeFranco Plumbing, Inc. held a steady TCR band

DeFranco Plumbing, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2020=7.2 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=6.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Palatine, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.3 · 84% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #120/230
  • PHOTO The Lighthart Corpor…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Lighthart Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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DeFranco Plumbing, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DeFranco Plumbing, Inc. averages 2.3 TCR (84% of the Plumbing contractors BLS benchmark).

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

DeFranco Plumbing, Inc. TCR series: 2018=0 · 2020=7.2 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=6.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where DeFranco Plumbing, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing contractors establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #120 safest of 230 Plumbing contractors employers in Illinois.

DeFranco Plumbing, Inc. (29 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 DeFranco Plumbing, Inc.
DeFranco Plumbing, Inc. (29 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

DeFranco Plumbing, Inc. has fewer employees than the Plumbing contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 6.9 6.9 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 7.2 3.6 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · IL · Palatine

5,793 Plumbing contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 66 employers in Palatine, 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 The Lighthart Corporation 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ahern Milwaukee 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hermanson - Fab Shop 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR US124: Springfield 333 - SG 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Grant Park 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Southern - IL Common Ops 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Western - IL Common Ops 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Eastern - IL Common Ops 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Community Consolidated School District 15 1,957 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILPAL - PALATINE 1,701 FTE
CITY-NEAR PALATINE (ILPAL) 1,639 FTE
CITY-NEAR William Rainey Harper College 1,553 FTE
NAT-TCR The Lighthart Corporation 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Bethlehem, PA - Easton Road 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR CA-San Diego 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Bhavi Motel LLC - New Jersey 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE MHP Industries, Inc. 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE The LoftCrafters, Inc. 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Service Fabricators, LLC 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE DC Warehouse 29 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, 2021, 2020, 2018. 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.