Fish wire (i.e., electrical wiring tool) manufacturing · Illinois
IDEAL Industries, Inc. - South Prairie Manufacturing Building
Sycamore, IL · ~178 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
IDEAL Industries, Inc. - South Prairie Manufacturing Building runs at 101% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fish wire (i.e., electrical wiring tool) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
IDEAL Industries, Inc. - South Prairie Manufacturing Building: 3.3 TCR = 101% of Fish wire (i.e., electrical wiring tool) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
IDEAL Industries, Inc. - South Prairie Manufacturing Building safety composite
IDEAL Industries, Inc. - South Prairie Manufacturing Building scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).
44/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.34 per 100 workers
Safer than 54% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.86 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% 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
IDEAL Industries, Inc. - South Prairie Manufacturing Building: 2.3 → 2.9 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 6.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.86× in 2024
IDEAL Industries, Inc. - South Prairie Manufacturing Building's TCR rose 0.6 from 2.3 in 2018 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332216 · Sycamore, IL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 101% of ind
- DART 2.9 DART
- RANK #8/17
- PHOTO The M. K. Morse Comp…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 30 inj
- SIZE ~178 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: The M. K. Morse Company (0.0 TCR gap)
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IDEAL Industries, Inc. - South Prairie Manufacturing Building in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- The M. K. Mors
The M. K. Morse Company
3.4 TCR
- General Tool
General Tool
3.4 TCR
- PanaVise Produ
PanaVise Products, Inc.
3.4 TCR
- This site
IDEAL Industries, Inc. - South Prairie Manufacturing Building
3.3 TCR
- Blount - Portl
Blount - Portland
3.3 TCR
What this shows IDEAL Industries, Inc. - South Prairie Manufacturing Building averages 3.3 TCR (101% of the Fish wire (i.e., electrical wiring tool) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
IDEAL Industries, Inc. - South Prairie Manufacturing Building TCR series: 2018=2.3 · 2020=1.7 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=6 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 3.3
Where IDEAL Industries, Inc. - South Prairie Manufacturing Building falls in its industry
174 Fish wire (i.e., electrical wi establishmentsSafer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 17 Fish wire (i.e., electrical wi employers in Illinois.
IDEAL Industries, Inc. - South Prairie Manufacturing Building has more employees than the Fish wire (i.e., electrical wiring tool) median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332216 · IL · Sycamore
174 Fish wire (i.e., electrical wiring tool) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 44 employers in Sycamore, 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 | The M. K. Morse Company | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | General Tool | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PanaVise Products, Inc. | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Blount - Portland | 3.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Wyffels Hybrids | 178 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lendlease Chicago | 178 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Saputo Lincolnshire | 178 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PAXXUS | 178 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DeKalb County Government | 583 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Adient-AS-Sycamore Facility-00209 | 402 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sycamore | 386 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The Suter Company, Inc. | 335 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | C401 Fayetteville | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Inline Plastics Inc. (Connecticut) | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kellogg Supply Company, Inc. - Duck Location | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rouses Market #81 | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | NYS Veteran's Home at Batavia | 178 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Curry Supply - Hollidaysburg | 178 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Capri Hospitality Management, LLC | 178 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sales Group | 178 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.