Billboards manufacturing · Illinois

Derse Chicago

Name: Derse Chicago Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Waukegan, IL · ~53 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Derse Chicago runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Billboards manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Derse Chicago: 2.2 TCR = 66% of Billboards manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Derse Chicago safety composite

Derse Chicago scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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).

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−1.2

2016→2024

Derse Chicago injury rate improved

Derse Chicago's TCR fell 1.2 from 3.2 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.93× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.2 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339950 · Waukegan, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 66% of ind

DART 2.0 DART
RANK #17/31
PHOTO Great Northern Insto…
BOOK 8y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Great Northern Instore - Des Plaines (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.2
Great Northern

2.2
Chandler Signs

2.2
Keller Adverti

2.2
Derse Northbro

2.1

What this shows Derse Chicago averages 2.2 TCR (66% of the Billboards manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Derse Chicago TCR series: 2016=3.2 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=2 · BLS 3.3

Where Derse Chicago falls in its industry

405 Billboards manufacturing establishments

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

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 31 Billboards manufacturing employers in Illinois.

Derse Chicago (53 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Derse Chicago has more employees than the Billboards manufacturing 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
2024	2.0	2.0	1
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	2.7	2.7	1
2019	1.7	0.0	1
2018	5.9	4.0	3
2017	1.8	1.8	1
2016	3.2	3.2	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339950 · IL · Waukegan

405 Billboards manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 141 employers in Waukegan, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Great Northern Instore - Des Plaines	DES PLAINES, IL	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Chandler Signs, LLC	FT WORTH, TX	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Derse Northbrook	NORTHBROOK, IL	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Keller Advertising and Media	SAN ANTONIO, TX	2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Flamm Orchards Inc	COBDEN	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	DuPont Pioneer Princeton IL Research-PRI2	PRINCETON	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2505-Mason City, IL	MASON CITY	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Prairie State Generating Company - Corporate Office	MARISSA	53 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Waukegan PSD #60	Waukegan	2,420 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Vista Medical Center	Waukegan	936 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Visual Pak Waukegan	Waukegan	807 FTE
CITY-NEAR	American Blending & Filling	Waukegan	793 FTE
NAT-TCR	BFPE International, Inc.	Hanover, MD	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Memphis Dc	Memphis, TN	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	DCI Logistics	Nashville, TN	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Rose Medical	Grand Rapids, MI	2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Merrill Gardens at Brentwood	Brentwood, CA	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Jessup Md	Jessup, MD	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	West Hartford	West Hartford, CT	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CBSI Manassas Park	Manassas Park, VA	53 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.