MFG HGWY WARNING SIGNS · Illinois

Dicke Tool Company

Downers Grove, IL · ~43 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dicke Tool Company runs at 16% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical MFG HGWY WARNING SIGNS workplace, earning a grade A.

Dicke Tool Company: 0.5 TCR = 16% of MFG HGWY WARNING SIGNS BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dicke Tool Company safety composite

Dicke Tool Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−3.1

2017→2024

Dicke Tool Company injury rate improved

Dicke Tool Company's TCR fell 3.1 from 3.1 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.1 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Downers Grove, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 16% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/51
  • PHOTO Lyndon Steel, LLC
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lyndon Steel, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dicke Tool Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dicke Tool Company averages 0.5 TCR (16% of the MFG HGWY WARNING SIGNS BLS benchmark).

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

Dicke Tool Company TCR series: 2017=3.1 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2021=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Dicke Tool Company falls in its industry

1,491 MFG HGWY WARNING SIGNS establishments

Safer than 98% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 51 MFG HGWY WARNING SIGNS employers in Illinois.

Dicke Tool Company (43 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 Dicke Tool Company
Dicke Tool Company (43 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Dicke Tool Company has fewer employees than the MFG HGWY WARNING SIGNS median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 3.1 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · IL · Downers Grove

1,491 MFG HGWY WARNING SIGNS employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 139 employers in Downers Grove, 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 Lyndon Steel, LLC 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CMC Rebar Napa 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR W&W|AFCO Steel Bristol 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CMC Rebar Coating Waxahachie 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Illinois 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stratum Reservoir, LLC - Champaign 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - East St. Louis 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Manlove Storage Field 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Medical Group 5,319 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Support Centers 2,103 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital 1,958 FTE
CITY-NEAR ADVOCATE CHILDRENS HOSPITALS 1,734 FTE
NAT-TCR Corp 5525 UMBC 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Murfreesboro Store # 1105 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Environmental Construction, Inc. 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR TransMontaigne Collins Piedmont Terminal 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Everwear, Inc. 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fenner Dunlop Americas - Toledo 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rancho Teresita Dairy 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northfield Hospital + Clinics- Emergency Medical Services 43 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.