Foundation, building, poured concrete, contractors · Illinois

J B Esker & Sons Inc

Teutopolis, IL · ~75 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

J B Esker & Sons Inc runs at 173% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Foundation, building, poured concrete, contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

J B Esker & Sons Inc: 4.8 TCR = 173% of Foundation, building, poured concrete, contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

J B Esker & Sons Inc safety composite

J B Esker & Sons Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
F 14.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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

J B Esker & Sons Inc: 2.9 → 14.2 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 14.2 TCR · DART/TCR 2.93× in 2023

J B Esker & Sons Inc's TCR rose 11.3 from 2.9 in 2016 to 14.2 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 2.93× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238110 · Teutopolis, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 173% of ind

  • DART 14.2 DART
  • RANK #36/48
  • PHOTO Keystone Concrete, LLC
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~75 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Keystone Concrete, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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J B Esker & Sons Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows J B Esker & Sons Inc averages 4.8 TCR (173% of the Foundation, building, poured concrete, contractors BLS benchmark).

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

J B Esker & Sons Inc TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=2.8 · 2023=14.2 · BLS 2.8

Where J B Esker & Sons Inc falls in its industry

1,314 Foundation, building, poured c establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #36 safest of 48 Foundation, building, poured c employers in Illinois.

J B Esker & Sons Inc (75 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate J B Esker & Sons Inc
J B Esker & Sons Inc (75 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 3.8

J B Esker & Sons Inc has more employees than the Foundation, building, poured concrete, c median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 14.2 14.2 3 0 0
2021 2.8 2.8 2 0 0
2020 1.2 0.0 1 0 0
2019 6.7 6.7 5 0 0
2018 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2016 2.9 2.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238110 · IL · Teutopolis

1,314 Foundation, building, poured concrete, contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 12 employers in Teutopolis, 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 Keystone Concrete, LLC 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Equipment Development Co. Inc 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR LARGO CONCRETE, INC. 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR NCH - Loxley 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kankakee Nursery Co. 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenhouse 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Illinois American Water (Chicago Metro) 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Haier Plumbing & Heating, Inc. 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stevens Industries 498 FTE
CITY-NEAR Three Z Printing 366 FTE
CITY-NEAR Teutopolis 185 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pals Electric, Inc. 47 FTE
NAT-TCR Sperry's Moviehouse Holland, LLC 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR DC 16 - Thomson, GA 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lea Electric 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Tec 6 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE 208 Flynn Ave 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Model T 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thomas Rest Haven 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maddox Industrial, LLC 75 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, 2021, 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.