Drywall installation · Illinois

J.A. Watts, Incorporated

Chicago, IL · ~63 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

J.A. Watts, Incorporated runs at 186% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Drywall installation workplace, earning a grade D.

J.A. Watts, Incorporated: 5.2 TCR = 186% of Drywall installation BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

J.A. Watts, Incorporated safety composite

J.A. Watts, Incorporated scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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.A. Watts, Incorporated: 0.0 → 4.5 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 26.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2023

J.A. Watts, Incorporated's TCR rose 4.5 from 0.0 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 26.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238310 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 186% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #39/50
  • PHOTO Combee Insulation
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Combee Insulation (0.0 TCR gap)

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J.A. Watts, Incorporated in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows J.A. Watts, Incorporated averages 5.2 TCR (186% of the Drywall installation BLS benchmark).

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

J.A. Watts, Incorporated TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=3 · 2021=26.8 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=4.5 · BLS 2.8

Where J.A. Watts, Incorporated falls in its industry

1,613 Drywall installation establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #39 safest of 50 Drywall installation employers in Illinois.

J.A. Watts, Incorporated (63 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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.A. Watts, Incorporated
J.A. Watts, Incorporated (63 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4

J.A. Watts, Incorporated has more employees than the Drywall installation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 4.5 0.0 1 0 0
2022 2.1 2.1 3 0 0
2021 26.8 26.8 2 0 0
2019 3.0 3.0 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238310 · IL · Chicago

1,613 Drywall installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in 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 Combee Insulation 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 175 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rayco Drywall 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR B-Organized Insulation & Specialty Products #764 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Waterman, IL-STC 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hinsdale Nurseries, Inc. Plano 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE 40L - IL Relay & Ops 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water/Public Works, Public Utiities 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR Plaza Midwood 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Dash Door & Closer Service Inc. dba Dash Door & Glass 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hussey Copper Leetsdale Plant 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Stens 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rudick Construction Group 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Residential 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Embassy Suites (Jacksonville FL) 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Riley Industrial Services, Inc. - Morenci 63 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.