Less Than Truckload General Freight Trucking · Illinois

Des Plaines IL FXFE-DPL

Des Plaines, IL · ~134 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Des Plaines IL FXFE-DPL runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Less Than Truckload General Freight Trucking workplace, earning a grade D.

Des Plaines IL FXFE-DPL: 7.3 TCR = 163% of Less Than Truckload General Freight Trucking BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Des Plaines IL FXFE-DPL safety composite

Des Plaines IL FXFE-DPL scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−2.2

2016→2024

Des Plaines IL FXFE-DPL injury rate improved

Des Plaines IL FXFE-DPL's TCR fell 2.2 from 4.8 in 2016 to 2.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 17.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.8 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=4.7 · 2021=17.0 · 2022=7.0 · 2023=10.2 · 2024=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Des Plaines, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 7.3 · 163% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #106/177
  • PHOTO 808 CHULA VISTA
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 66 inj
  • SIZE ~134 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 808 CHULA VISTA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Des Plaines IL FXFE-DPL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Des Plaines IL FXFE-DPL averages 7.3 TCR (163% of the Less Than Truckload General Freight Trucking BLS benchmark).

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

Des Plaines IL FXFE-DPL TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=4.7 · 2021=17 · 2022=7 · 2023=10.2 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Des Plaines IL FXFE-DPL falls in its industry

3,020 Less Than Truckload General Fr establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #106 safest of 177 Less Than Truckload General Fr employers in Illinois.

Des Plaines IL FXFE-DPL (134 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Des Plaines IL FXFE-DPL
Des Plaines IL FXFE-DPL (134 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Des Plaines IL FXFE-DPL has more employees than the Less Than Truckload General Freight Truc median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 2.6 2.6 3 0 0
2023 10.2 8.5 12 0 0
2022 7.0 6.3 10 0 0
2021 17.0 13.2 22 0 0
2020 4.7 3.1 6 0 0
2019 4.9 4.2 7 0 0
2016 4.8 4.0 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · IL · Des Plaines

3,020 Less Than Truckload General Freight Trucking employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 174 employers in Des Plaines, 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 808 CHULA VISTA 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR MAD 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Temple 181 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Transport - 681 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Korte Construction Company DBA The Korte Company 134 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chicago - #70 134 FTE
STATE-SIZE Area Erectors - Rockford 134 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pentegra Systems Naperville 134 FTE
CITY-NEAR Illinois Bone & Joint Institute 2,172 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rivers Casino 1,705 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Plaines Campus 1,245 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Plaines (IL36) 1,200 FTE
NAT-TCR Washington Soldiers Home 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Florida United Methodist Children's Home 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR ColorCoat Inc. Milton, PA 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Life Care Center of Carrollton 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Amarillo TX FXFE-AMA 134 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southern Paving Indirect 134 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tulsa OK FXFE-TUL 134 FTE
NAT-SIZE Montgomery AL Kershaw 134 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.