Employer · Illinois

HDS-DeKalb

Dekalb, IL · ~20 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HDS-DeKalb runs at 103% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical industry workplace, earning a grade C.

HDS-DeKalb: 4.6 TCR = 103% of industry BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HDS-DeKalb safety composite

HDS-DeKalb scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−12.8

2016→2022

HDS-DeKalb injury rate improved

HDS-DeKalb's TCR fell 12.8 from 12.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 12.8 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=12.8 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Dekalb, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.6 · 103% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #79/161
  • PHOTO BLACKHAWK TRANSPORT …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BLACKHAWK TRANSPORT FUYAO IL (0.0 TCR gap)

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HDS-DeKalb in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HDS-DeKalb averages 4.6 TCR (103% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

HDS-DeKalb TCR series: 2016=12.8 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=0 · BLS 4.5

Where HDS-DeKalb falls in its industry

2,784 industry establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #79 safest of 161 industry employers in Illinois.

HDS-DeKalb (20 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate HDS-DeKalb
HDS-DeKalb (20 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

HDS-DeKalb has fewer employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2020 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2016 12.8 8.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · IL · Dekalb

2,784 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 93 employers in Dekalb, 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 BLACKHAWK TRANSPORT FUYAO IL 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kingdom Servants Inc dba FutureVision USA 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Distributors Leasing, Inc. 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Panama Transfer Des Moines 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE East Ridge 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bay Creek 4 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Deer Run 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand View Farms, LLC. 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - UDC-DeKalb 1,635 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - DeKalb UDC 1,411 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital 1,067 FTE
CITY-NEAR DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 940 FTE
NAT-TCR HG292 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR NJTH-Paulsboro 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR The Linq Hotel & Casino 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 407392-Salem Po 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Your Building Centers - Milton 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Larson Pool Plastering 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crestmarc Residential Inc. 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stonegate Ventures LLC 20 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2016. 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.