Applicators, wood, manufacturing · Illinois

John Boos & Co.

Effingham, IL · ~266 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

John Boos & Co. runs at 384% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Applicators, wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

John Boos & Co.: 12.7 TCR = 384% of Applicators, wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

John Boos & Co. safety composite

John Boos & Co. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

−10.6

2016→2024

John Boos & Co. injury rate improved

John Boos & Co.'s TCR fell 10.6 from 21.4 in 2016 to 10.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 21.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=21.4 · 2017=10.9 · 2019=9.5 · 2021=6.8 · 2022=12.3 · 2023=17.1 · 2024=10.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321999 · Effingham, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 12.7 · 384% of ind

  • DART 5.7 DART
  • RANK #10/11
  • PHOTO IDF Studio Scenery, …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 209 inj
  • SIZE ~266 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: IDF Studio Scenery, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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John Boos & Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows John Boos & Co. averages 12.7 TCR (384% of the Applicators, wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

John Boos & Co. TCR series: 2016=21.4 · 2017=10.9 · 2019=9.5 · 2021=6.8 · 2022=12.3 · 2023=17.1 · 2024=10.8 · BLS 3.3

Where John Boos & Co. falls in its industry

405 Applicators, wood, manufacturi establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 11 Applicators, wood, manufacturi employers in Illinois.

John Boos & Co. (266 employees, TCR 12.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 John Boos & Co.
John Boos & Co. (266 employees, TCR 12.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.7

John Boos & Co. has more employees than the Applicators, wood, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 10.8 5.7 30 2 0
2023 17.1 10.8 39 7 0
2022 12.3 6.3 33 0 0
2021 6.8 4.4 19 1 0
2019 9.5 6.1 25 0 0
2017 10.9 6.5 25 0 0
2016 21.4 10.2 38 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321999 · IL · Effingham

405 Applicators, wood, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 104 employers in Effingham, 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 IDF Studio Scenery, Inc. 12.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lignetics of Wisconsin - Marth Companies 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR C&K Form Fabrication 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Recycled Wood Products 12.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Huen Electric, Inc. 266 FTE
STATE-SIZE Geneva IL 266 FTE
STATE-SIZE Box Partners 266 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5157 266 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Anthony's Hospital, Effingham 762 FTE
CITY-NEAR HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital 582 FTE
CITY-NEAR SAE-EFFINGHAM-3 HSHS ST ANTHONY S MEMORIAL HOSP 509 FTE
CITY-NEAR Patterson Technolgy Center 456 FTE
NAT-TCR Canyon Hills Residential Treatment Center 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Atlanta East 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR INC001 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR The Willows at Springhurst 12.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE School Specialty, Inc. - Mansfield 266 FTE
NAT-SIZE Geismar Plant 266 FTE
NAT-SIZE Auburn 266 FTE
NAT-SIZE PV 266 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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 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.