Industrial supplies (except disposable plastics, paper) merchant wholesalers · Illinois
Lawson Products-Corporate
Chicago, IL · ~1,256 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.8
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lawson Products-Corporate runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Industrial supplies (except disposable plastics, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.
Lawson Products-Corporate: 0.8 TCR = 38% of Industrial supplies (except disposable plastics, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lawson Products-Corporate safety composite
Lawson Products-Corporate scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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).
64/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 0.83 per 100 workers
Safer than 87% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 0.46 per 100 workers
Safer than 49% 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%).
TCR Δ
−0.4
2016→2024
Lawson Products-Corporate injury rate improved
Lawson Products-Corporate's TCR fell 0.4 from 1.1 in 2016 to 0.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 1.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=1.1 · 2017=1.6 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=0.6 · 2022=0.4 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=0.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423840 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 38% of ind
- DART 0.5 DART
- RANK #4/28
- PHOTO 202520
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 60 inj
- SIZE ~1,256 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 202520 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lawson Products-Corporate in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Lawson Products-Corporate
0.8 TCR
- 202520
202520
0.8 TCR
- Associated Pac
Associated Packaging INC
0.8 TCR
- HEADQ
HEADQ
0.8 TCR
- MERLIN STELZER
MERLIN STELZER SALES CO., INC.
0.8 TCR
What this shows Lawson Products-Corporate averages 0.8 TCR (38% of the Industrial supplies (except disposable plastics, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Lawson Products-Corporate TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=1.6 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=0.6 · 2022=0.4 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=0.6 · BLS 2.2
Where Lawson Products-Corporate falls in its industry
589 Industrial supplies (except di establishmentsSafer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 28 Industrial supplies (except di employers in Illinois.
Lawson Products-Corporate has more employees than the Industrial supplies (except disposable p median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423840 · IL · Chicago
589 Industrial supplies (except disposable plastics, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, 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 | 202520 | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Associated Packaging INC | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | HEADQ | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MERLIN STELZER SALES CO., INC. | 0.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Joliet Junior College | 1,256 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Advocate South Suburban Hospital | 1,256 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MDW - Ground Ops | 1,259 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wahl Clipper Corporation | 1,260 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Chicago Public Schools | 49,500 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Chicago/Corporate | 18,831 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University of Illinois at Chicago | 13,092 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University Health Service UIC UIC Campus | 12,732 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | CMC Recycling Tulsa | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | XCEL Erectors, Inc. | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Clarendon #609 | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | St Louis Office (2512) | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Maples Industries | 1,256 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gillette Company South Boston Plant | 1,256 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gaapr - Ups Supply Chain Solutions | 1,256 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Caswell Developmental Center | 1,256 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.