Automotive parts and supply stores · Illinois

L & L of Sterling, Inc.

Sterling, IL · ~129 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

L & L of Sterling, Inc. runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Automotive parts and supply stores workplace, earning a grade B.

L & L of Sterling, Inc.: 2.1 TCR = 63% of Automotive parts and supply stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

L & L of Sterling, Inc. safety composite

L & L of Sterling, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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

L & L of Sterling, Inc.: 1.5 → 2.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.31× in 2024

L & L of Sterling, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.3 from 1.5 in 2023 to 2.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 441310 · Sterling, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 63% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #10/56
  • PHOTO 154
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~129 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 154 (0.0 TCR gap)

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L & L of Sterling, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows L & L of Sterling, Inc. averages 2.1 TCR (63% of the Automotive parts and supply stores BLS benchmark).

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

L & L of Sterling, Inc. TCR series: 2023=1.5 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 3.4

Where L & L of Sterling, Inc. falls in its industry

1,258 Automotive parts and supply st establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

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 56 Automotive parts and supply st employers in Illinois.

L & L of Sterling, Inc. (129 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate L & L of Sterling, Inc.
L & L of Sterling, Inc. (129 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 4.4

L & L of Sterling, Inc. has more employees than the Automotive parts and supply stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2024 2.8 2.8 2 0 0
2023 1.5 1.5 0 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

441310 · IL · Sterling

1,258 Automotive parts and supply stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 72 employers in Sterling, 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 154 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3376 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR PBY IL Elston 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 4952 - Romeoville 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Coffeen Power Station 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Advantage Contractor Solutions 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Utility LLC 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Battaglia Industries, Inc. 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR HALO Branded Solutions, Inc. 2,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR STIL 1,839 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wahl Clipper Corporation 1,260 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 7024 910 FTE
NAT-TCR Yuma 10515 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Cabinetworks Group 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Jarrell TX Truss 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Premium Beverage Company Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Portland OR 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ellwood National Crankshaft 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Biovation Labs LLC 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Texas Pack, Inc. 129 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. 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.