Fluid power valves and hose fittings manufacturing · Illinois

HydraForce, Inc IC

Vernon Hills, IL · ~342 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HydraForce, Inc IC runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Fluid power valves and hose fittings manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

HydraForce, Inc IC: 1.3 TCR = 38% of Fluid power valves and hose fittings manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HydraForce, Inc IC safety composite

HydraForce, Inc IC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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)
C 1.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

HydraForce, Inc IC: 2.0 → 2.4 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 2.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.05× in 2023

HydraForce, Inc IC's TCR rose 0.4 from 2.0 in 2019 to 2.4 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332912 · Vernon Hills, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 38% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #3/11
  • PHOTO EXAIR Corporation
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~342 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: EXAIR Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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HydraForce, Inc IC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HydraForce, Inc IC averages 1.3 TCR (38% of the Fluid power valves and hose fittings manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

HydraForce, Inc IC TCR series: 2019=2 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=0.6 · 2022=0.8 · 2023=2.4 · BLS 3.3

Where HydraForce, Inc IC falls in its industry

182 Fluid power valves and hose fi establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 11 Fluid power valves and hose fi employers in Illinois.

HydraForce, Inc IC (342 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 88 employees and a TCR of 2.1 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate HydraForce, Inc IC
HydraForce, Inc IC (342 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 88 employees and a TCR of 2.1

HydraForce, Inc IC has more employees than the Fluid power valves and hose fittings man median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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
2023 2.4 1.3 9 0 0
2022 0.8 0.3 2 1 0
2021 0.6 0.3 2 0 0
2020 0.6 0.0 2 0 0
2019 2.0 1.7 7 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332912 · IL · Vernon Hills

182 Fluid power valves and hose fittings manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 65 employers in Vernon Hills, 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 EXAIR Corporation 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Value Added Distributors - Stevens Point 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Emerson Automation Solutions 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fluid Connectors : Union City MAIN 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Commercial Center 342 FTE
STATE-SIZE Reynolds Consumer Products 342 FTE
STATE-SIZE Siemens West Chicago 342 FTE
STATE-SIZE Omron Electronics, LLC (OEI) 342 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vernon Hills 1,273 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rust-Oleum 580 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vernon Hills, IL - BCU 434 FTE
CITY-NEAR BD Vernon Hills 375 FTE
NAT-TCR Genesee Reserve Supply 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Glen Haven Health and Rehab 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Market Basket #89 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Holmes Lumber Millwork 171 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Grove City Methodist Hospital 342 FTE
NAT-SIZE Uct Mn 342 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dry Harbor Nursing Home 342 FTE
NAT-SIZE Casa Systems, Inc. 342 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.