Firearms, small, manufacturing · Illinois
L.W. Schneider, Inc.
Princeton, IL · ~352 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
L.W. Schneider, Inc. runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Firearms, small, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
L.W. Schneider, Inc.: 4.7 TCR = 143% of Firearms, small, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
L.W. Schneider, Inc. safety composite
L.W. Schneider, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).
26/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.72 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.23 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% 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.W. Schneider, Inc.: 2.8 → 3.8 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 8.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.68× in 2024
L.W. Schneider, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.0 from 2.8 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332994 · Princeton, IL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 143% of ind
- DART 3.2 DART
- RANK #4/5
- PHOTO Sturm Ruger and comp…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 147 inj
- SIZE ~352 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Sturm Ruger and company, Inc Prescott, AZ (0.0 TCR gap)
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L.W. Schneider, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- KEYSTONE SPORT
KEYSTONE SPORTING ARMS LLC
4.8 TCR
- Kimber Harriso
Kimber Harrison Ave
4.8 TCR
- This site
L.W. Schneider, Inc.
4.7 TCR
- Sturm Ruger an
Sturm Ruger and company, Inc Prescott, AZ
4.7 TCR
- Nammo Defense
Nammo Defense Systems, Salt Lake City UT
4.7 TCR
What this shows L.W. Schneider, Inc. averages 4.7 TCR (143% of the Firearms, small, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
L.W. Schneider, Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2017=5.1 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=8.8 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=3 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 3.3
Where L.W. Schneider, Inc. falls in its industry
126 Firearms, small, manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 20% 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 5 Firearms, small, manufacturing employers in Illinois.
L.W. Schneider, Inc. has more employees than the Firearms, small, manufacturing median and a higher 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 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.8 | 6.2 | 37 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.8 | 2.7 | 22 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 21 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332994 · IL · Princeton
126 Firearms, small, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 33 employers in Princeton, 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 | Sturm Ruger and company, Inc Prescott, AZ | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | KEYSTONE SPORTING ARMS LLC | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nammo Defense Systems, Salt Lake City UT | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kimber Harrison Ave | 4.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Branding Iron Holdings | 352 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1325 Cicero | 352 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Grupo Antolin Nashville | 352 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Illinois Office | 352 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ace Hardware | 610 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ace Hardware Retail Support Center (Princeton) | 591 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Princeton Retail Support Center - Ace Hardware | 557 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Monterey Mushrooms Princeton Facility | 413 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Wright's Scrap Metals | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Esstech, Inc. | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | LB Manufacturing | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Elkay Interior Systems | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Republic Services of Arlington | 352 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Smitty's Supply Inc | 352 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Haleon Oak Hill | 352 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Fox Electric, Ltd. | 352 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.