Caps and gowns, academic, cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors) · Illinois

Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Champaign

Champaign, IL · ~190 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Champaign runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Caps and gowns, academic, cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors) workplace, earning a grade B.

Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Champaign: 2.0 TCR = 62% of Caps and gowns, academic, cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors) BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Champaign safety composite

Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Champaign scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Champaign: 1.0 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 3.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.36× in 2022

Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Champaign's TCR rose 2.3 from 1.0 in 2020 to 3.3 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 62% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO Stanbury Uniforms
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~190 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Stanbury Uniforms (0.2 TCR gap)

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Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Champaign 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 Champaign averages 2.0 TCR (62% of the Caps and gowns, academic, 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 Champaign TCR series: 2020=1 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=3.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Champaign falls in its industry

35 Caps and gowns, academic, cut establishments

Safer than 71% 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 #2 safest of 4 Caps and gowns, academic, cut employers in Illinois.

Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Champaign (190 employees, TCR 2.0) among 20 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 78 employees and a TCR of 3.3 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 21 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 Champaign
Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Champaign (190 employees, TCR 2.0) among 20 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 78 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Champaign has more employees than the Caps and gowns, academic, 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 3.3 2.8 6 0 0
2021 1.8 1.2 3 0 0
2020 1.0 0.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

315280 · IL · Champaign

35 Caps and gowns, academic, 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 · 200 employers in Champaign, 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 Stanbury Uniforms 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Arcola 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR CORE SYSTEMS DISTRIBUTION 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Saratoga 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Obrien Water Reclamation Plant 190 FTE
STATE-SIZE Landmarc, LLC 190 FTE
STATE-SIZE Herff Jones - Champaign 190 FTE
STATE-SIZE ArcelorMittal Corporate - Research & Development 190 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-CHAM 1,103 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kraft Heinz Company 1,088 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kraft Heinz Champaign 918 FTE
CITY-NEAR College Fresh 840 FTE
NAT-TCR Barron Collier Partnership, LLLP 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Chase Woburn 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR MO East - BETHESDA MD 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Genisus Painting Inc 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE OIE 190 FTE
NAT-SIZE Willow Creek Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 190 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hennepin County Medical Center - MVNA 190 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elite Comfort Solutions - Conover Foam 190 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.