Nozzles, fire fighting, manufacturing · Illinois

Lechler, Inc

Name: Lechler, Inc Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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St. Charles, IL · ~69 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Lechler, Inc runs at 80% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Nozzles, fire fighting, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Lechler, Inc: 2.6 TCR = 80% of Nozzles, fire fighting, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lechler, Inc safety composite

Lechler, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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).

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers
DART rate: F 1.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.8

2016→2021

Lechler, Inc injury rate improved

Lechler, Inc's TCR fell 0.8 from 2.7 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.7 · 2017=1.3 · 2018=8.5 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332919 · St. Charles, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 80% of ind

DART 1.9 DART
RANK #3/6
PHOTO Destaco, IMC
BOOK 6y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Destaco, IMC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lindal North A

2.7
This site

2.6
Destaco, IMC

2.6
Summit Packagi

2.6
Downstream Tec

2.5

What this shows Lechler, Inc averages 2.6 TCR (80% of the Nozzles, fire fighting, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Lechler, Inc TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2017=1.3 · 2018=8.5 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Lechler, Inc falls in its industry

100 Nozzles, fire fighting, manufa establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 6 Nozzles, fire fighting, manufa employers in Illinois.

Lechler, Inc (69 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Lechler, Inc has fewer employees than the Nozzles, fire fighting, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2021	1.9	1.9	1
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	1.4	1.4	1
2018	8.5	5.7	6
2017	1.3	1.3	1
2016	2.7	2.7	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332919 · IL · St. Charles

100 Nozzles, fire fighting, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 87 employers in St. Charles, 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	Destaco, IMC	WHEELING, IL	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Summit Packaging Systems BOV	LONDONDERRY, NH	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lindal North America	COLUMBUS, IN	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Downstream Technology Solutions : FPT - Bradford, PA	BRADFORD, PA	2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Pioneer HiBred International Inc. McLeansboro Production	DAHLGREN	69 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Corteva Litchfield	LITCHFIELD	69 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2057-Centralia, IL (Monsanto Co.)	CENTRALIA	69 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hennepin Power Station	HENNEPIN	69 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rukel Management, LLC.	St. Charles	607 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Omron Automotive Electronics, Inc. (OEDC)	St. Charles	572 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nidec Mobility of America Corporation	St. Charles	454 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nidec Mobility America Corporation	St. Charles	439 FTE
NAT-TCR	The Dyson Corporation	Painesville, OH	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Division #11	Hubbard, OR	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	CFN-Casa Grande	Casa Grande, AZ	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Courtyard Palmdale	Palmdale, CA	2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	THD Tracy HDL	Tracy, CA	69 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Portland Health & Rehab	Portland, OR	69 FTE
NAT-SIZE	TOC	Chincoteague, VA	69 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Titan Talent Development, LLC.	Norfolk, VA	69 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, 2017, 2016. 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.