Stairwork (e.g., newel posts, railings, staircases, stairs), wood, manufacturing · Illinois
Designed Stairs Inc
Sandwich, IL · ~39 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Designed Stairs Inc runs at 203% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Stairwork (e.g., newel posts, railings, staircases, stairs), wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Designed Stairs Inc: 6.7 TCR = 203% of Stairwork (e.g., newel posts, railings, staircases, stairs), wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Designed Stairs Inc safety composite
Designed Stairs Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% 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).
55/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.69 per 100 workers
Safer than 32% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 84% 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
−6.5
2017→2024
Designed Stairs Inc injury rate improved
Designed Stairs Inc's TCR fell 6.5 from 9.2 in 2017 to 2.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 13.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=9.2 · 2020=9.0 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=13.8 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=2.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 321918 · Sandwich, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 203% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #7/8
- PHOTO Koshkonong Facility
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 14 inj
- SIZE ~39 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Koshkonong Facility (0.0 TCR gap)
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Designed Stairs Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Designed Stairs Inc
6.7 TCR
- Koshkonong Fac
Koshkonong Facility
6.7 TCR
- Boyce Highland
Boyce Highlands, Inc.
6.7 TCR
- Colorado Sprin
Colorado Springs CO Millwork
6.7 TCR
- Seneca Millwor
Seneca Millworks Inc.
6.7 TCR
What this shows Designed Stairs Inc averages 6.7 TCR (203% of the Stairwork (e.g., newel posts, railings, staircases, stairs), wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Designed Stairs Inc TCR series: 2017=9.2 · 2020=9 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=13.8 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Designed Stairs Inc falls in its industry
317 Stairwork (e.g., newel posts, establishmentsSafer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 8 Stairwork (e.g., newel posts, employers in Illinois.
Designed Stairs Inc has fewer employees than the Stairwork (e.g., newel posts, railings, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 13.8 | 5.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9.2 | 3.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
321918 · IL · Sandwich
317 Stairwork (e.g., newel posts, railings, staircases, stairs), wood, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 16 employers in Sandwich, 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 | Koshkonong Facility | 6.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Boyce Highlands, Inc. | 6.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Colorado Springs CO Millwork | 6.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Seneca Millworks Inc. | 6.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Beck's El Paso | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Green Glen Nursery, Inc | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NRG Joliet Generating Station | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - Bloomington | 39 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Plano Molding - Sandwich | 277 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital | 218 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sandwich Manufacturing | 128 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Open Door Rehabilitation Center | 119 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | LivInn Hotels - Fridley (LIH-FRI) | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Bridge at Ooltewah | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Niagara Falls Service Center-Ny37 | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Far West Metals | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Mount Vernon Country Club | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Batavia Hauling | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Performance Specialty Service | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Crp-Ground Ops | 39 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.