Plasmapheresis Center · Illinois

DeKalb, IL- BioLife

Dekalb, IL · ~35 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.4
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DeKalb, IL- BioLife runs at 300% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plasmapheresis Center workplace, earning a grade F.

DeKalb, IL- BioLife: 11.4 TCR = 300% of Plasmapheresis Center BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DeKalb, IL- BioLife safety composite

DeKalb, IL- BioLife scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).

F

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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, IL- BioLife: 3.7 → 19.1 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 19.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.01× in 2021

DeKalb, IL- BioLife's TCR rose 15.4 from 3.7 in 2020 to 19.1 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621991 · Dekalb, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.4 · 300% of ind

  • DART 11.5 DART
  • RANK #65/69
  • PHOTO VABEAC-OPI-VIRGINIA …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: VABEAC-OPI-VIRGINIA BEACH-CHIMNY 526 (0.0 TCR gap)

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DeKalb, IL- BioLife in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DeKalb, IL- BioLife averages 11.4 TCR (300% of the Plasmapheresis Center BLS benchmark).

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

DeKalb, IL- BioLife TCR series: 2020=3.7 · 2021=19.1 · BLS 3.8

Where DeKalb, IL- BioLife falls in its industry

1,713 Plasmapheresis Center establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #65 safest of 69 Plasmapheresis Center employers in Illinois.

DeKalb, IL- BioLife (35 employees, TCR 11.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate DeKalb, IL- BioLife
DeKalb, IL- BioLife (35 employees, TCR 11.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3

DeKalb, IL- BioLife has fewer employees than the Plasmapheresis Center median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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
2021 19.1 11.5 5 0 0
2020 3.7 0.0 0 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621991 · IL · Dekalb

1,713 Plasmapheresis Center 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 VABEAC-OPI-VIRGINIA BEACH-CHIMNY 526 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plasma Biological Services - Nashville, TN 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR AMERICAN RED CROSS - 603 EDEN ST 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR OHCOLU-OPI-COLUMBUS-OH GREAT STH 444 11.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dynegy Kendall Energy LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE M.J.M. Electric Cooperative, Inc. 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE South Beloit Office 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE DuPage Water Commission 35 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 Alpine Terrace 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Floating Docks Mfg Co 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Regional West Village 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR HG582 11.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Thayer Metro 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northwest Petroleum Service, Inc 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brazosview Healthcare Center 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rosa Mosaic & Tile Company 35 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: 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.