Pressure treated lumber made from purchased lumber · Illinois

John A Biewer Co of Illinois

Seneca, IL · ~36 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

John A Biewer Co of Illinois runs at 297% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pressure treated lumber made from purchased lumber workplace, earning a grade F.

John A Biewer Co of Illinois: 9.8 TCR = 297% of Pressure treated lumber made from purchased lumber BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

John A Biewer Co of Illinois safety composite

John A Biewer Co of Illinois scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.7

2016→2023

John A Biewer Co of Illinois injury rate improved

John A Biewer Co of Illinois's TCR fell 6.7 from 18.0 in 2016 to 11.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 18.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=18.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=7.8 · 2019=13.6 · 2021=14.8 · 2022=3.0 · 2023=11.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321114 · Seneca, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.8 · 297% of ind

  • DART 5.6 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO Western Pacific Fenc…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Western Pacific Fence LLC (0.1 TCR gap)

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John A Biewer Co of Illinois in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows John A Biewer Co of Illinois averages 9.8 TCR (297% of the Pressure treated lumber made from purchased lumber BLS benchmark).

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

John A Biewer Co of Illinois TCR series: 2016=18 · 2017=0 · 2018=7.8 · 2019=13.6 · 2021=14.8 · 2022=3 · 2023=11.3 · BLS 3.3

Where John A Biewer Co of Illinois falls in its industry

183 Pressure treated lumber made f establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Pressure treated lumber made f employers in Illinois.

John A Biewer Co of Illinois (36 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 050100150 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate John A Biewer Co of Illinois
John A Biewer Co of Illinois (36 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.3

John A Biewer Co of Illinois has fewer employees than the Pressure treated lumber made from purcha median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 11.3 5.6 3 1 0
2022 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2021 14.8 14.8 5 0 0
2019 13.6 10.9 5 0 0
2018 7.8 5.2 3 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 18.0 9.0 5 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321114 · IL · Seneca

183 Pressure treated lumber made from purchased lumber employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 6 employers in Seneca, 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 Pacific Fence LLC 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4305 - Holiday City Treating Plant 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Everwood Preserving, Inc. 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4305/3339 - Holiday City DC Treat 9.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Illinois Foundation Seed Inc- Harvard 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE CHI Greenhouse LLC 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE MT ERIE COMPLEX -EST 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Malta 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Seneca Township High School District 160 94 FTE
CITY-NEAR Seneca Township High School 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR REG Seneca,LLC 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR Seneca 45 FTE
NAT-TCR Stop & Shop 100607 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR AMI, Inc. 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lincoln City Store 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR M & R Company 9.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cooper Chase Construction 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oakley's of Muskogee 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Middlefield Farm & Garden Company 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE TIS - PA - Fairless Hills 36 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.