Electrical, electrical wiring, and low voltage electrical work · Illinois

Helm Electric

Sterling, IL · ~158 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Helm Electric runs at 57% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Electrical, electrical wiring, and low voltage electrical work workplace, earning a grade B.

Helm Electric: 1.6 TCR = 57% of Electrical, electrical wiring, and low voltage electrical work BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Helm Electric safety composite

Helm Electric scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Helm Electric: 1.1 → 2.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.07× in 2024

Helm Electric's TCR rose 1.2 from 1.1 in 2022 to 2.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · Sterling, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 57% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #63/152
  • PHOTO Cable Tel Services, …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~158 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cable Tel Services, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Helm Electric in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Helm Electric averages 1.6 TCR (57% of the Electrical, electrical wiring, and low voltage electrical work BLS benchmark).

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

Helm Electric TCR series: 2022=1.1 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Helm Electric falls in its industry

4,550 Electrical, electrical wiring, establishments

Safer than 66% 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 #63 safest of 152 Electrical, electrical wiring, employers in Illinois.

Helm Electric (158 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Helm Electric
Helm Electric (158 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Helm Electric has more employees than the Electrical, electrical wiring, and low v 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 2.3 1.7 4 0 0
2023 1.4 0.5 3 0 0
2022 1.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · IL · Sterling

4,550 Electrical, electrical wiring, and low voltage electrical work employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 72 employers in Sterling, 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 Cable Tel Services, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Frey Electric Construction Company Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Climatec LLC 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vaughn Industries, LLC Carey 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Seating Concepts 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Builders Paving, LLC 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Preferred Electrical Construction Corp. Of Illinois Inc. 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Refinary 158 FTE
CITY-NEAR HALO Branded Solutions, Inc. 2,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR STIL 1,839 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wahl Clipper Corporation 1,260 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 7024 910 FTE
NAT-TCR Construction Metal Products 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Rusty Rail Brewing Co. LLC 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Warhorse Casino Lincoln 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Simpson Trucking & Grading Inc 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lakepark Industries of Indiana, Inc. 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oregon Health Investors Inc. 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Main Office 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quality Electrodynamics 158 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. 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.