Reflectors, plastics, manufacturing · Illinois
Hill & Smith, Inc. - Work Area St. Charles
St. Charles, IL · ~32 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hill & Smith, Inc. - Work Area St. Charles runs at 145% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Reflectors, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Hill & Smith, Inc. - Work Area St. Charles: 4.8 TCR = 145% of Reflectors, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Hill & Smith, Inc. - Work Area St. Charles safety composite
Hill & Smith, Inc. - Work Area St. Charles scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 8%), 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).
29/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.79 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.35 per 100 workers
Safer than 8% 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
Hill & Smith, Inc. - Work Area St. Charles: 4.0 → 7.3 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 7.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.53× in 2021
Hill & Smith, Inc. - Work Area St. Charles's TCR rose 3.4 from 4.0 in 2018 to 7.3 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326199 · St. Charles, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 145% of ind
- DART 7.3 DART
- RANK #124/175
- PHOTO Novares US LLC
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~32 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Novares US LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Hill & Smith, Inc. - Work Area St. Charles in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Hill & Smith, Inc. - Work Area St. Charles
4.8 TCR
- Novares US LLC
Novares US LLC
4.8 TCR
- Pelican BioThe
Pelican BioThermal Plymouth
4.8 TCR
- Tray-Pak Corpo
Tray-Pak Corporation
4.8 TCR
- Engineered Pla
Engineered Plastics Molding
4.8 TCR
What this shows Hill & Smith, Inc. - Work Area St. Charles averages 4.8 TCR (145% of the Reflectors, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Hill & Smith, Inc. - Work Area St. Charles TCR series: 2018=4 · 2019=4.7 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=7.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Hill & Smith, Inc. - Work Area St. Charles falls in its industry
2,838 Reflectors, plastics, manufact establishmentsSafer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #124 safest of 175 Reflectors, plastics, manufact employers in Illinois.
Hill & Smith, Inc. - Work Area St. Charles has fewer employees than the Reflectors, plastics, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326199 · IL · St. Charles
2,838 Reflectors, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 87 employers in St. Charles, 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 | Novares US LLC | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pelican BioThermal Plymouth | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tray-Pak Corporation | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Engineered Plastics Molding | 4.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - Eastern | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Utility Department | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - AIC Gas Corrosion | 32 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NG Ottawa Reporting Center | 32 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rukel Management, LLC. | 607 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Omron Automotive Electronics, Inc. (OEDC) | 572 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Nidec Mobility of America Corporation | 454 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Nidec Mobility America Corporation | 439 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Wisconsin Bldg - Green Bay Door | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Majestic Steel USA - HOU | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | VITALIGENT LLC Pleasant Hill 156 | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | John Wayne Airport Administration Bldg | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Pike Lumber Company- Milan | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bozeman OB/GYN Clinic | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | HYV | 32 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | West Operations Center | 32 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.