Employer · Illinois

Dekalb DKC Bldg 5

Dekalb, IL · ~389 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dekalb DKC Bldg 5 runs at 35% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade A.

Dekalb DKC Bldg 5: 2.0 TCR = 35% of industry BLS 5.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dekalb DKC Bldg 5 safety composite

Dekalb DKC Bldg 5 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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)
C 2.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

Dekalb DKC Bldg 5: 1.2 → 2.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 4.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.17× in 2024

Dekalb DKC Bldg 5's TCR rose 1.4 from 1.2 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493110 · Dekalb, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 2.0 · 35% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #166/551
  • PHOTO Whse 0 Seffner - #01
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 68 inj
  • SIZE ~389 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Whse 0 Seffner - #01 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dekalb DKC Bldg 5 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dekalb DKC Bldg 5 averages 2.0 TCR (35% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Dekalb DKC Bldg 5 TCR series: 2016=1.2 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=2 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 5.8

Where Dekalb DKC Bldg 5 falls in its industry

9,477 industry establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #166 safest of 551 industry employers in Illinois.

Dekalb DKC Bldg 5 (389 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Dekalb DKC Bldg 5
Dekalb DKC Bldg 5 (389 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Dekalb DKC Bldg 5 has more employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 2.7 2.4 9 0 0
2023 4.9 4.9 17 0 0
2022 2.0 2.0 8 0 0
2021 1.2 1.2 5 0 0
2020 1.3 1.3 4 1 0
2019 1.6 1.6 7 0 0
2018 2.1 1.6 8 1 0
2017 1.5 1.5 6 0 0
2016 1.2 0.9 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493110 · IL · Dekalb

9,477 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 93 employers in Dekalb, 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 Whse 0 Seffner - #01 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 40131 CAPSTONE - STAPLES HAGERSTOWN MD 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR WM 4889 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR MVP Logistics- West 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hoffer Plastics 389 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1418 389 FTE
STATE-SIZE Administrative Center 389 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hollywood Casino Aurora 389 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - UDC-DeKalb 1,635 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - DeKalb UDC 1,411 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital 1,067 FTE
CITY-NEAR DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 940 FTE
NAT-TCR Tiff`s Treats - H5 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Oakdale Plywood - WP 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR General Dynamics-OTS (SCAAP) 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Jena Tool Inc 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dallas Zoo 389 FTE
NAT-SIZE Raytheon_Dallas_TX_ RPM_Lemmon Avenue 389 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rycon Construction, Inc. 389 FTE
NAT-SIZE Letsos Company 389 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.