Connectors, solderless (wiring devices), manufacturing · Illinois

Illinois Tool Works Buehler

Name: Illinois Tool Works Buehler Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Lake Bluff, IL · ~111 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Illinois Tool Works Buehler runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Connectors, solderless (wiring devices), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Illinois Tool Works Buehler: 1.5 TCR = 45% of Connectors, solderless (wiring devices), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Illinois Tool Works Buehler safety composite

Illinois Tool Works Buehler scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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).

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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

Illinois Tool Works Buehler: 0.9 → 1.7 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 1.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.58× in 2019

Illinois Tool Works Buehler's TCR rose 0.8 from 0.9 in 2017 to 1.7 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 1.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335931 · Lake Bluff, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 45% of ind

DART 0.9 DART
RANK #9/17
PHOTO IL22
BOOK 3y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~111 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: IL22 (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.6
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1.5
IL22

1.5
Omron Automoti

1.5
American Super

1.4

What this shows Illinois Tool Works Buehler averages 1.5 TCR (45% of the Connectors, solderless (wiring devices), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Illinois Tool Works Buehler TCR series: 2017=0.9 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=1.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Illinois Tool Works Buehler falls in its industry

152 Connectors, solderless (wiring establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

Grade A

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 17 Connectors, solderless (wiring employers in Illinois.

Illinois Tool Works Buehler (111 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Illinois Tool Works Buehler has more employees than the Connectors, solderless (wiring devices), median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2019	1.7	0.9	2
2018	1.8	1.8	2
2017	0.9	0.9	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335931 · IL · Lake Bluff

152 Connectors, solderless (wiring devices), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 27 employers in Lake Bluff, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	IL22	FREEPORT, IL	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Omron Automotive Electronics, Inc (Relay)	ST. CHARLES, IL	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	American Superconductor Corporation- Massachusetts	AYER, MA	1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hubbell Connector Manufacturing Company Alabama	GREENVILLE, AL	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Powerton Station	PEKIN	111 FTE
STATE-SIZE	NG Bellwood Reporting Center	BELLWOOD	111 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Contegra Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries	EDWARDSVILLE	111 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Stenstrom Excavation and Blacktop Group	ROCKFORD	111 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AMZL : DDC3	Lake Bluff	1,075 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AMZL : DCH4	Lake Bluff	1,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PCI ENERGY SERVICES, LLC	Lake Bluff	533 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mariani Landscape	Lake Bluff	488 FTE
NAT-TCR	Stryker Demolition & Environmental Services, LLC	Wayne, PA	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Otis Elevator Company-OSC	Bloomfield, CT	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mayo Clinic Health System-New Prague Clinic	New Prague, MN	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mann Mechanical Co.	Avondale Estates, GA	1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Macy Industries Inc	Hooksett, NH	111 FTE
NAT-SIZE	TransPak- Austin	Austin, TX	111 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ArtFX Concord	Concord, NC	111 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mt. Elliott Tool & Die Manufacturing Facility	Detroit, MI	111 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.