Other Direct Selling Establishments · Illinois

M&E Cold Storage

Bolingbrook, IL · ~56 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

M&E Cold Storage runs at 171% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Other Direct Selling Establishments workplace, earning a grade D.

M&E Cold Storage: 5.8 TCR = 171% of Other Direct Selling Establishments BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

M&E Cold Storage safety composite

M&E Cold Storage scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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).

D

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

−4.1

2016→2020

M&E Cold Storage injury rate improved

M&E Cold Storage's TCR fell 4.1 from 7.2 in 2016 to 3.2 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 13.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.2 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=13.8 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 454390 · Bolingbrook, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 171% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #9/10
  • PHOTO MERCHANDISE WAREHOUS…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MERCHANDISE WAREHOUSE, INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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M&E Cold Storage in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows M&E Cold Storage averages 5.8 TCR (171% of the Other Direct Selling Establishments BLS benchmark).

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

M&E Cold Storage TCR series: 2016=7.2 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=13.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=3.2 · BLS 3.4

Where M&E Cold Storage falls in its industry

212 Other Direct Selling Establish establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 10 Other Direct Selling Establish employers in Illinois.

M&E Cold Storage (56 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate M&E Cold Storage
M&E Cold Storage (56 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 4.1

M&E Cold Storage has more employees than the Other Direct Selling Establishments median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 3.2 3.2 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 13.8 8.3 5 0 0
2017 4.8 4.8 2 0 0
2016 7.2 4.8 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

454390 · IL · Bolingbrook

212 Other Direct Selling Establishments employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 243 employers in Bolingbrook, 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 MERCHANDISE WAREHOUSE, INC 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2077-US DD NW WOODRIDGE BRANCH 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR PLANT 405-OCEAN NJ 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2077-US DD NW MILPITAS BRANCH 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bulk Power Operations 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Norris Electric Cooperative 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE 73G - Northern S - IL Gas Ops 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schaumburg Reporting Center 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR IL-02 4,926 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Office 1,368 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4818-48180018-300 E. CROSSROADS PKWY-WC 971 FTE
CITY-NEAR G&W Electric Company 935 FTE
NAT-TCR Waste collection - refuse 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Trend Offset Printing 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR CMC Tire - North Las Vegas 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR South Central Power Co. Canal Winchester 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Maumee Rd Oh 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plant City Service Area 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Synergy Solutions Crisp County 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Turner at Honeywell International Inc. Geismar LA 56 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.