Solder wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap · Illinois

Kester-Itasca

Name: Kester-Itasca Workplace Safety Data
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Itasca, IL · ~138 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Kester-Itasca runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Solder wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap workplace, earning a grade C.

Kester-Itasca: 2.8 TCR = 84% of Solder wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kester-Itasca safety composite

Kester-Itasca scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

Kester-Itasca: 0.7 → 5.3 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 5.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.9× in 2021

Kester-Itasca's TCR rose 4.6 from 0.7 in 2018 to 5.3 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331491 · Itasca, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 84% of ind

DART 5.3 DART
RANK #1/9
PHOTO Niles, OH
BOOK 4y book
INJ 13 inj
SIZE ~138 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Niles, OH (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.7
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2.7

What this shows Kester-Itasca averages 2.8 TCR (84% of the Solder wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap BLS benchmark).

Kester-Itasca TCR series: 2018=0.7 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=5.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Kester-Itasca falls in its industry

113 Solder wire, nonferrous metals establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 9 Solder wire, nonferrous metals employers in Illinois.

Kester-Itasca (138 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 84 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Kester-Itasca has more employees than the Solder wire, nonferrous metals (except a median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2021	5.3	5.3	6	0
2020	3.2	2.4	3	1
2019	1.9	1.3	3	0
2018	0.7	0.0	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331491 · IL · Itasca

113 Solder wire, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 110 employers in Itasca, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Niles, OH	NILES, OH	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Johnson Matthey-Efficient Natural Resources	WEST CHESTER, PA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Befesa Zinc Metal	MOORESBORO, NC	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Exide Technologies	KANSAS CITY, MO	2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Wood Dale	WOOD DALE	138 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Jendersee, Inc.	WESTMONT	138 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Elk Grove IL (Small)	ELK GROVE VILLAGE	138 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC - Cornell Avenue Facility	MELROSE PARK	138 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Diverzify	Itasca	1,004 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fellowes, Inc Itasca	Itasca	536 FTE
CITY-NEAR	JH Associate Management LLC	Itasca	526 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MTS Titan Electric	Itasca	460 FTE
NAT-TCR	Purcell construction corperation	Watertown, NY	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	03 - Schofield Distribution	Schofield, WI	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	381639-Springdale Annex	Cincinnati, OH	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Broadway Regional Office	Los Angeles, CA	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Warren Woods Health and Rehabilitation Center	Warren, MI	138 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Bradford Group Inc.	Madison, AL	138 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Metal Industries-Bushnell, Florida	Bushnell, FL	138 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Westby Cooperative Creamery	Westby, WI	138 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.