Hobbyists' supplies merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Horizon Hobby, LLC (4105)

Champaign, IL · ~106 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Horizon Hobby, LLC (4105) runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hobbyists' supplies merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Horizon Hobby, LLC (4105): 3.0 TCR = 139% of Hobbyists' supplies merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Horizon Hobby, LLC (4105) safety composite

Horizon Hobby, LLC (4105) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

Horizon Hobby, LLC (4105): 0.8 → 1.3 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 7.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.44× in 2018

Horizon Hobby, LLC (4105)'s TCR rose 0.6 from 0.8 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.0 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423920 · Champaign, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.0 · 139% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #4/7
  • PHOTO NOA North Bend
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~106 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NOA North Bend (0.1 TCR gap)

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Horizon Hobby, LLC (4105) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Horizon Hobby, LLC (4105) averages 3.0 TCR (139% of the Hobbyists' supplies merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Horizon Hobby, LLC (4105) TCR series: 2016=0.8 · 2017=7 · 2018=1.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Horizon Hobby, LLC (4105) falls in its industry

55 Hobbyists' supplies merchant w establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 7 Hobbyists' supplies merchant w employers in Illinois.

Horizon Hobby, LLC (4105) (106 employees, TCR 3.0) among 26 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 3.4 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 27 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Horizon Hobby, LLC (4105)
Horizon Hobby, LLC (4105) (106 employees, TCR 3.0) among 26 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Horizon Hobby, LLC (4105) has more employees than the Hobbyists' supplies merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2018 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2017 7.0 5.9 6 0 0
2016 0.8 0.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423920 · IL · Champaign

55 Hobbyists' supplies merchant wholesalers 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 NOA North Bend 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southern Hobby Distribution-NY 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Craffiti 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Melissa and Doug, Tracy Distribution Center 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Thrive of Lisle 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE 224 Millennium Knickerbocker, Chicago 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heritage Manor - Dwight #119 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE GRAND CROSSING C ANNEX_1365301 106 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 Roaring Spring Water 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Bemis North America - Shelbyville TN 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Fort Madison Plant 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Shopko Hometown #201 (Emmetsburg, IA) 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fischer Point 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE Showman Fabricators, Inc. 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. George Healthcare 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE Portland OR (Elrod Dr) Distribution Center 106 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.