Rifles (except toy) manufacturing · Illinois

Ds Arms Inc

Lake Barrington, IL · ~30 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ds Arms Inc runs at 31% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Rifles (except toy) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Ds Arms Inc: 1.0 TCR = 31% of Rifles (except toy) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ds Arms Inc safety composite

Ds Arms Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−3.9

2018→2024

Ds Arms Inc injury rate improved

Ds Arms Inc's TCR fell 3.9 from 3.9 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.9 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332994 · Lake Barrington, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 31% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/5
  • PHOTO Kel-Tec CNC Industri…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kel-Tec CNC Industries, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Ds Arms Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ds Arms Inc averages 1.0 TCR (31% of the Rifles (except toy) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ds Arms Inc TCR series: 2018=3.9 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Ds Arms Inc falls in its industry

126 Rifles (except toy) manufactur establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

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 5 Rifles (except toy) manufactur employers in Illinois.

Ds Arms Inc (30 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 98 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ds Arms Inc
Ds Arms Inc (30 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 98 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Ds Arms Inc has fewer employees than the Rifles (except toy) manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.2 0.0 1 0 0
2018 3.9 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332994 · IL · Lake Barrington

126 Rifles (except toy) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 5 employers in Lake Barrington, 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 Kel-Tec CNC Industries, Inc. 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sig Sauer (Durham) 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR NGDS-AZ15 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aero Precision, LLC - Lakewood 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Odell Fire 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Northern N - IL Common Ops 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chicago Loop Tech 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spoon River Electric Cooperative, Inc. 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ortho Molecular Products Lake Barrington Office 115 FTE
CITY-NEAR CTI Industries 93 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lake Barrington Woods 92 FTE
CITY-NEAR HOWW Manufacturing 29 FTE
NAT-TCR TRUMPF Inc - TUSD 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1166 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Margaritaville Hotel Nashville 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR MG Waldbaum (Farms) 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tacoma PDC 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE SBS San Francisco (San Jose) 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quality Concrete Products 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Billy Pugh Company, LLC 30 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, 2018. 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.