Billboards manufacturing · Illinois

Derse Northbrook

Northbrook, IL · ~25 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Derse Northbrook runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Billboards manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Derse Northbrook: 2.1 TCR = 65% of Billboards manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Derse Northbrook safety composite

Derse Northbrook scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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

−4.3

2023→2024

Derse Northbrook injury rate improved

Derse Northbrook's TCR fell 4.3 from 4.3 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=4.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 65% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #15/31
  • PHOTO Great Northern Insto…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

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

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Derse Northbrook in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Derse Northbrook averages 2.1 TCR (65% of the Billboards manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Derse Northbrook TCR series: 2023=4.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Derse Northbrook falls in its industry

405 Billboards manufacturing 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 #15 safest of 31 Billboards manufacturing employers in Illinois.

Derse Northbrook (25 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 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 0100200300 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Derse Northbrook
Derse Northbrook (25 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Derse Northbrook has fewer 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 4.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339950 · IL · Northbrook

405 Billboards manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 122 employers in Northbrook, 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 Great Northern Instore - Des Plaines 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Derse Chicago 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chandler Signs, LLC 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Precision Signs.Com, Inc. 2.1 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 Astellas Pharma US 1,228 FTE
CITY-NEAR Astellas Pharma Global Development 908 FTE
CITY-NEAR Astellas US LLC 896 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILNOR - NORTHBROOK 780 FTE
NAT-TCR Cc Florida West Palm Beach 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR H-J Enterprises 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Edgewater 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Seaonus Cold Storage Jacksonville LLC 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rocky Mountain Reagents, Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Paxco Inc 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Motherlove Herbal Company 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Consolidated Wood Products Inc. 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: 2024, 2023. 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.