Dental equipment and instruments manufacturing · Illinois

Hu-Friedy Des Plaines

Des Plaines, IL · ~168 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hu-Friedy Des Plaines runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Dental equipment and instruments manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Hu-Friedy Des Plaines: 5.2 TCR = 158% of Dental equipment and instruments manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hu-Friedy Des Plaines safety composite

Hu-Friedy Des Plaines scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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).

F

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

−3.8

2016→2020

Hu-Friedy Des Plaines injury rate improved

Hu-Friedy Des Plaines's TCR fell 3.8 from 7.3 in 2016 to 3.4 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.3 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=4.8 · 2020=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339114 · Des Plaines, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 158% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #9/9
  • PHOTO StarDental
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~168 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: StarDental (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hu-Friedy Des Plaines in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hu-Friedy Des Plaines averages 5.2 TCR (158% of the Dental equipment and instruments manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Hu-Friedy Des Plaines TCR series: 2016=7.3 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=4.8 · 2020=3.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Hu-Friedy Des Plaines falls in its industry

111 Dental equipment and instrumen establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 9 Dental equipment and instrumen employers in Illinois.

Hu-Friedy Des Plaines (168 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 122 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Hu-Friedy Des Plaines
Hu-Friedy Des Plaines (168 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 122 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Hu-Friedy Des Plaines has more employees than the Dental equipment and instruments manufac median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2020 3.4 3.4 5 0 0
2019 4.8 2.4 8 0 0
2018 5.4 2.7 10 0 0
2016 7.3 6.3 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339114 · IL · Des Plaines

111 Dental equipment and instruments manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 174 employers in Des Plaines, 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 StarDental 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zest Dental Solutions 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kerr Corporation 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR ASI Medical, Inc. 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE McShane Construction Company 168 FTE
STATE-SIZE Poettker Construction Company 168 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nutrivo, LLC 168 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fuse LLC 168 FTE
CITY-NEAR Illinois Bone & Joint Institute 2,172 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rivers Casino 1,705 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Plaines Campus 1,245 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Plaines (IL36) 1,200 FTE
NAT-TCR Paiute Pipeline Office & Ops Cntr 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ascentria Community Services 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Premium Hardwoods, Inc. 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Retama Manor Health and Rehabilitation Center/Rio Grande City 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Barn Hill Care Center 168 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 0025 GREENSBORO 168 FTE
NAT-SIZE CCH 168 FTE
NAT-SIZE Packaging Specialties Inc. (Arkansas) 168 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.