Pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing · Illinois

Nefab Packaging North central LLC

Hanoverpark, IL · ~60 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nefab Packaging North central LLC runs at 457% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Nefab Packaging North central LLC: 15.1 TCR = 457% of Pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nefab Packaging North central LLC safety composite

Nefab Packaging North central LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

Nefab Packaging North central LLC: 7.4 → 8.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 26.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.58× in 2024

Nefab Packaging North central LLC's TCR rose 1.3 from 7.4 in 2019 to 8.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 26.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321920 · Hanoverpark, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.1 · 457% of ind

  • DART 8.7 DART
  • RANK #41/42
  • PHOTO Girard Wood Products…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 54 inj
  • SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Girard Wood Products Orting (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nefab Packaging North central LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nefab Packaging North central LLC averages 15.1 TCR (457% of the Pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Nefab Packaging North central LLC TCR series: 2019=7.4 · 2020=17.5 · 2021=9.1 · 2022=21.2 · 2023=26.5 · 2024=8.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Nefab Packaging North central LLC falls in its industry

952 Pallet containers, wood or woo establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #41 safest of 42 Pallet containers, wood or woo employers in Illinois.

Nefab Packaging North central LLC (60 employees, TCR 15.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Nefab Packaging North central LLC
Nefab Packaging North central LLC (60 employees, TCR 15.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3

Nefab Packaging North central LLC has more employees than the Pallet containers, wood or wood and meta median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. 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 8.7 8.7 4 1 0
2023 26.5 26.5 12 1 0
2022 21.2 12.7 15 0 0
2021 9.1 3.6 5 0 0
2020 17.5 7.3 12 0 0
2019 7.4 4.9 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321920 · IL · Hanoverpark

952 Pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 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 Girard Wood Products Orting 15.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Belvidere Recycling LLC 15.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Quality Pallet, Inc. 15.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hammond Plant 15.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE DAS Grand Ridge, IL 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE VDF Agriculture Department 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE AEP Energy - Chicago 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Illinois American Water (Champaign) 60 FTE
NAT-TCR Lincoln District Maint. 15.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Arbors at Marietta 15.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Palmer Dedicated Logistics, LLC 15.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 8023 15.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mt. Hood Forest Products LLC 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Premier Surgery Center of Louisville 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hansen's Tree, Lawn, and Landscaping Services, Inc. 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Emms 60 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.