General warehousing and storage · Illinois

KLS Valspar IL

Name: KLS Valspar IL Workplace Safety Data
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Romeoville, IL · ~38 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 7.5
Avg TCR: 5.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

KLS Valspar IL runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General warehousing and storage workplace, earning a grade D.

KLS Valspar IL: 7.5 TCR = 129% of General warehousing and storage BLS 5.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KLS Valspar IL safety composite

KLS Valspar IL scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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).

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers
DART rate: F 9.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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

KLS Valspar IL: 5.2 → 9.8 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 9.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.31× in 2018

KLS Valspar IL's TCR rose 4.7 from 5.2 in 2016 to 9.8 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493110 · Romeoville, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.5 · 129% of ind

DART 9.8 DART
RANK #470/551
PHOTO 127 ORLANDO FL
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 127 ORLANDO FL (0.0 TCR gap)

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127 ORLANDO F

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7.5
Liverpool DC00

7.5

What this shows KLS Valspar IL averages 7.5 TCR (129% of the General warehousing and storage BLS benchmark).

KLS Valspar IL TCR series: 2016=5.2 · 2018=9.8 · BLS 5.8

Where KLS Valspar IL falls in its industry

9,477 General warehousing and storag establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #470 safest of 551 General warehousing and storag employers in Illinois.

KLS Valspar IL (38 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5

KLS Valspar IL has fewer employees than the General warehousing and storage median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2018	9.8	9.8	4	0	0
2016	5.2	5.2	1	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493110 · IL · Romeoville

9,477 General warehousing and storage employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 172 employers in Romeoville, 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	127 ORLANDO FL	ORLANDO, FL	7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Daimler Truck of North America	RENO, NV, NV	7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Keeco, LLC	HAYWARD, CA	7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Liverpool DC00055	LIVERPOOL, NY	7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	GDM Seeds, Inc - Gibson City, IL	GIBSON CITY	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AMEREN ILLINOIS - Distribution Operating - Peoria	DECATUR	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	629 - Distribution Operating - Peoria	DECATUR	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Freeport	FREEPORT	38 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hearthside Food Solutions, LLC Romeoville	Romeoville	1,197 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC - 444	Romeoville	755 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Magid Glove and Safety Manufacturing Company LLC	Romeoville	751 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AMZL : DCH6	Romeoville	745 FTE
NAT-TCR	dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5062	Dallas, TX	7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Supervalu Distribution Center - Fargo 31411	Fargo, ND	7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Plant 1	Newnan, GA	7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Brookdale Green Mountain	Lakewood, CO	7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Penske : 5805-00 Yamaha/Newnan, GA	Newnan, GA	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Penske : 5114-00 Kroger-DCC/Lexington, KY	Winchester, KY	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5108	Fort Lauderdale, FL	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5113	Irving, TX	38 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: 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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