Bricklaying contractors · Illinois

J & E Duff, Inc.

West Chicago, IL · ~56 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

J & E Duff, Inc. runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bricklaying contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

J & E Duff, Inc.: 3.1 TCR = 112% of Bricklaying contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

J & E Duff, Inc. safety composite

J & E Duff, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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 & E Duff, Inc.: 3.6 → 4.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.37× in 2024

J & E Duff, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.7 from 3.6 in 2016 to 4.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238140 · West Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 112% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #12/24
  • PHOTO Western Specialty Co…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Western Specialty Contractors - Tulsa (0.0 TCR gap)

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J & E Duff, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows J & E Duff, Inc. averages 3.1 TCR (112% of the Bricklaying contractors BLS benchmark).

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

J & E Duff, Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.6 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=2.2 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=1.8 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 2.8

Where J & E Duff, Inc. falls in its industry

703 Bricklaying contractors establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 24 Bricklaying contractors employers in Illinois.

J & E Duff, Inc. (56 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate J & E Duff, Inc.
J & E Duff, Inc. (56 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.9

J & E Duff, Inc. has more employees than the Bricklaying contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 4.3 4.3 2 0 0
2022 1.8 0.0 1 0 0
2021 3.7 1.8 2 0 0
2020 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2019 3.3 3.3 2 0 0
2016 3.6 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238140 · IL · West Chicago

703 Bricklaying contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 123 employers in West Chicago, 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 Western Specialty Contractors - Tulsa 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Atlantic Company of America, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR MP Masonry, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Newington Services, Inc. 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bulk Power Operations 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Norris Electric Cooperative 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE 73G - Northern S - IL Gas Ops 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schaumburg Reporting Center 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Jel Sert Company 830 FTE
CITY-NEAR BALL HORTICULTURAL COMPANY 713 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - SIL3 351 FTE
CITY-NEAR Siemens West Chicago 342 FTE
NAT-TCR SHIROKI North America - Smithville 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR UFP Windsor, LLC 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Alamo Food Rite 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Tecta America Birmingham 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fontaine Bros. Inc. 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlanta 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE San Bernardino- Dry Bulk Transport 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cannon San Diego 56 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: 2024, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.