Gas fireplaces manufacturing · Illinois
Empire Comfort Systems
Belleville, IL · ~307 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Empire Comfort Systems runs at 134% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Gas fireplaces manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Empire Comfort Systems: 4.4 TCR = 134% of Gas fireplaces manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Empire Comfort Systems safety composite
Empire Comfort Systems scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.43 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.74 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Empire Comfort Systems: 5.7 → 7.8 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 7.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.39× in 2024
Empire Comfort Systems's TCR rose 2.1 from 5.7 in 2020 to 7.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333414 · Belleville, IL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 134% of ind
- DART 1.7 DART
- RANK #8/8
- PHOTO Hayward Nashville
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 54 inj
- SIZE ~307 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Hayward Nashville (0.0 TCR gap)
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Empire Comfort Systems in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Thermal Soluti
Thermal Solutions Products, LLC
4.5 TCR
- Chromalox Inc.
Chromalox Inc. - Ogden
4.5 TCR
- This site
Empire Comfort Systems
4.4 TCR
- Hayward Nashvi
Hayward Nashville
4.4 TCR
- CARLIN COMBUST
CARLIN COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
4.2 TCR
What this shows Empire Comfort Systems averages 4.4 TCR (134% of the Gas fireplaces manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Empire Comfort Systems TCR series: 2020=5.7 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=7.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Empire Comfort Systems falls in its industry
117 Gas fireplaces manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 8 Gas fireplaces manufacturing employers in Illinois.
Empire Comfort Systems has more employees than the Gas fireplaces manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 7.8 | 1.7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333414 · IL · Belleville
117 Gas fireplaces manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 105 employers in Belleville, 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 | Hayward Nashville | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Thermal Solutions Products, LLC | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Chromalox Inc. - Ogden | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CARLIN COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 4.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Constellation Nuclear Headquarters at Cantera | 307 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Chicago Bagcraft Novolex Plant | 307 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 71217 | 307 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 1596 | 307 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Memorial Hospital Belleville | 1,455 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital | 1,141 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Belleville Township High School District 201 | 830 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 201 | 431 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Eventide Lutheran Home | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | OR-Salem | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | InterAmerica Stage, INC. | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hummingbird Wholesale | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Westinghouse Electric Company | 307 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Spencer Construction | 307 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Tetra Tech EC, Inc. | 307 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sierra Pacific Industries Eugene | 307 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.