Blood banks · Illinois

Heartland Blood Centers Versiti Aurora

Aurora, IL · ~275 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Heartland Blood Centers Versiti Aurora runs at 110% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Blood banks workplace, earning a grade C.

Heartland Blood Centers Versiti Aurora: 4.2 TCR = 110% of Blood banks BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Heartland Blood Centers Versiti Aurora safety composite

Heartland Blood Centers Versiti Aurora scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

Heartland Blood Centers Versiti Aurora: 3.6 → 4.7 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 4.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.45× in 2017

Heartland Blood Centers Versiti Aurora's TCR rose 1.1 from 3.6 in 2016 to 4.7 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621991 · Aurora, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.2 · 110% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #32/69
  • PHOTO Joplin, MO-Biolife 530
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~275 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Joplin, MO-Biolife 530 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Heartland Blood Centers Versiti Aurora in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Heartland Blood Centers Versiti Aurora averages 4.2 TCR (110% of the Blood banks BLS benchmark).

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

Heartland Blood Centers Versiti Aurora TCR series: 2016=3.6 · 2017=4.7 · BLS 3.8

Where Heartland Blood Centers Versiti Aurora falls in its industry

1,713 Blood banks establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 69 Blood banks employers in Illinois.

Heartland Blood Centers Versiti Aurora (275 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Heartland Blood Centers Versiti Aurora
Heartland Blood Centers Versiti Aurora (275 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Heartland Blood Centers Versiti Aurora has more employees than the Blood banks median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 4.7 1.9 3 2 0
2016 3.6 2.3 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621991 · IL · Aurora

1,713 Blood banks employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 325 employers in Aurora, 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 Joplin, MO-Biolife 530 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Indianapolis 146 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR AMERICAN RED CROSS - 405 W JOHN H GWYNN JR AVE 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mishawaka 10249 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE KraftHeinz Woodstock 275 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prinova USA, LLC 275 FTE
STATE-SIZE Climate Guard 275 FTE
STATE-SIZE AgReliant Genetics Commercial Sales 275 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indian Prairie School District 204 3,309 FTE
CITY-NEAR Factor Aurora 2,167 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rush Copley Medical Center, Inc. 2,163 FTE
CITY-NEAR ANDY FRAIN SERVICES INC 2,100 FTE
NAT-TCR Denver Brick Plant 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbus Oh - Eww (Ohcbs) 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Bemidji (Mnbem) 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Rome (Garom) 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Willowbrook (Txhs1) 275 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aspen Facility (Nmasp) 275 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hope House Foundation 275 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sky View Rehabilitation and Health Care Center 275 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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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.