Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers · Illinois
LaForce - Vernon Hills
Vernon Hills, IL · ~24 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.2
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
LaForce - Vernon Hills runs at 192% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.
LaForce - Vernon Hills: 4.2 TCR = 192% of Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
LaForce - Vernon Hills safety composite
LaForce - Vernon Hills scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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).
54/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.23 per 100 workers
Safer than 32% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 82% 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
LaForce - Vernon Hills: 4.0 → 4.9 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 7.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2020
LaForce - Vernon Hills's TCR rose 0.9 from 4.0 in 2016 to 4.9 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423710 · Vernon Hills, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 192% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #16/21
- PHOTO Distribution Center …
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~24 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Distribution Center Dayton (0.0 TCR gap)
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LaForce - Vernon Hills in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
LaForce - Vernon Hills
4.2 TCR
- Distribution C
Distribution Center Dayton
4.2 TCR
- ILPRA
ILPRA
4.2 TCR
- Wurth Baer Sup
Wurth Baer Supply Co BR 83
4.2 TCR
- 2807-4501
2807-4501
4.2 TCR
What this shows LaForce - Vernon Hills averages 4.2 TCR (192% of the Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
LaForce - Vernon Hills TCR series: 2016=4 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=0 · 2019=7.9 · 2020=4.9 · BLS 2.2
Where LaForce - Vernon Hills falls in its industry
449 Hardware (except motor vehicle establishmentsSafer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 21 Hardware (except motor vehicle employers in Illinois.
LaForce - Vernon Hills has fewer employees than the Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423710 · IL · Vernon Hills
449 Hardware (except motor vehicle) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 65 employers in Vernon Hills, 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 | Distribution Center Dayton | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ILPRA | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wurth Baer Supply Co BR 83 | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 2807-4501 | 4.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | C70 | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Nelson Energy Center | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hecate Grid LLC | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NG DeKalb Reporting Center | 24 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Vernon Hills | 1,273 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rust-Oleum | 580 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Vernon Hills, IL - BCU | 434 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BD Vernon Hills | 375 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Save A Lot #413 | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dept. of Transportation & Public Facilities (102) | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Plainville Farms Distribution Center | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Puratos Rancho Dominguez | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 4T Construction | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | WMT | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CA.RANCH.26 - Ricoh Usa, Inc. | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | L & N Zimmerman Excavating Inc. | 24 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.