Graduation caps and gowns cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors) · Illinois

Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Arcola

Arcola, IL · ~270 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Arcola runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Graduation caps and gowns cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors) workplace, earning a grade B.

Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Arcola: 1.8 TCR = 54% of Graduation caps and gowns cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors) BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Arcola safety composite

Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Arcola scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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)
C 1.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.4

2021→2022

Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Arcola injury rate improved

Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Arcola's TCR fell 1.4 from 2.5 in 2021 to 1.1 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 2.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=2.5 · 2022=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 315280 · Arcola, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 54% of ind

  • DART 0.4 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO Saratoga
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~270 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Saratoga (0.0 TCR gap)

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Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Arcola in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Arcola averages 1.8 TCR (54% of the Graduation caps and gowns cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors) BLS benchmark).

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

Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Arcola TCR series: 2021=2.5 · 2022=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Arcola falls in its industry

35 Graduation caps and gowns cut establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Graduation caps and gowns cut employers in Illinois.

Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Arcola (270 employees, TCR 1.8) among 21 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 78 employees and a TCR of 3.3 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 22 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Arcola
Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Arcola (270 employees, TCR 1.8) among 21 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 78 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Arcola has more employees than the Graduation caps and gowns cut and sewn f median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2022 1.1 0.4 3 0 0
2021 2.5 1.0 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

315280 · IL · Arcola

35 Graduation caps and gowns cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 11 employers in Arcola, 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 Saratoga 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR HPK Industries LLC 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Champaign 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stanbury Uniforms 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gonnella Frozen Products 270 FTE
STATE-SIZE Proven Partners Group 270 FTE
STATE-SIZE True Value Manufacturing - Cary 270 FTE
STATE-SIZE SEMBLEX CORPORATION 270 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Libman Company 651 FTE
CITY-NEAR Herff Jones - Arcola 263 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arcola Health Care 78 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Thomas Monahan Company 71 FTE
NAT-TCR II-VI AMD Pine Brook 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Brunswick Electric Membership Cooperative-3 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 1141 - Santa Fe 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 1176 - Abilene 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Enerfab Process Solutions & Fabricated Products 270 FTE
NAT-SIZE Motor Controls Inc 270 FTE
NAT-SIZE SportsGroup 270 FTE
NAT-SIZE PAR-ODFL 270 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. 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.