Wall coverings (e.g., fabric, plastics) merchant wholesalers · Illinois

EPKO Industries, Inc.

Name: EPKO Industries, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
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Glendale Heights, IL · ~101 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 1.9
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

EPKO Industries, Inc. runs at 86% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Wall coverings (e.g., fabric, plastics) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

EPKO Industries, Inc.: 1.9 TCR = 86% of Wall coverings (e.g., fabric, plastics) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

EPKO Industries, Inc. safety composite

EPKO Industries, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 1.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

EPKO Industries, Inc. held a steady TCR band

EPKO Industries, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 1.9 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.9 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.9 · 2017=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424950 · Glendale Heights, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 1.9 · 86% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #4/5
PHOTO Astek Wallcovering I…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~101 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Astek Wallcovering Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows EPKO Industries, Inc. averages 1.9 TCR (86% of the Wall coverings (e.g., fabric, plastics) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

EPKO Industries, Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.9 · 2017=1.9 · BLS 2.2

Where EPKO Industries, Inc. falls in its industry

45 Wall coverings (e.g., fabric, establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Wall coverings (e.g., fabric, employers in Illinois.

EPKO Industries, Inc. (101 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 1.9

EPKO Industries, Inc. has more employees than the Wall coverings (e.g., fabric, plastics) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2017	1.9	0.0	2	0	0
2016	1.9	0.9	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424950 · IL · Glendale Heights

45 Wall coverings (e.g., fabric, plastics) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 85 employers in Glendale Heights, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Astek Wallcovering Inc.	VAN NUYS, CA	1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Midwest Industrial Coatings, Inc.	SHAKOPEE, MN	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	85-INFS-OGDEN UT	OGDEN, UT	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	JR Edwards Brushes and Rollers	KANKAKEE, IL	1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	AMEREN ILLINOIS - Southern - IL Gas Ops	MARION	101 FTE
STATE-SIZE	DGIL	DOWNERS GROVE	101 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Brandt Construction Co.	MILAN	101 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MS - Mossville, IL - 1MOI2 (CATERPILLAR COE)	MOSSVILLE	101 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UChicago Medicine AdventHealth GlenOaks	Glendale Heights	626 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Adventist GlenOaks Hospital	Glendale Heights	531 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MAIN	Glendale Heights	381 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kronos Foods	Glendale Heights	380 FTE
NAT-TCR	33- Omaha	Omaha, NE	1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Westin Buckhead Atlanta	Atlanta, GA	1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Goodrich - Turbine Fuel Technologies- Carroll IA	Carroll, IA	1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	CN Irvine	Irvine, CA	1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Midwest Scrap Management KC	Kansas City, MO	101 FTE
NAT-SIZE	EC039 - Kansas City, KS-0300	New Century, KS	101 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Marietta Center	Marietta, OH	101 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Port Reading - PRD	Port Reading, NJ	101 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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