Insulation contractors · Illinois

Nelson Insulation Company

Lake Zurich, IL · ~76 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nelson Insulation Company runs at 33% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Insulation contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Nelson Insulation Company: 0.9 TCR = 33% of Insulation contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nelson Insulation Company safety composite

Nelson Insulation Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Nelson Insulation Company: 0.0 → 1.7 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 1.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.89× in 2024

Nelson Insulation Company's TCR rose 1.7 from 0.0 in 2020 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238310 · Lake Zurich, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 33% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #6/50
  • PHOTO Lasco San Antonio
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lasco San Antonio (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nelson Insulation Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nelson Insulation Company averages 0.9 TCR (33% of the Insulation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Nelson Insulation Company TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=1.9 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Nelson Insulation Company falls in its industry

1,613 Insulation contractors establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 50 Insulation contractors employers in Illinois.

Nelson Insulation Company (76 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Nelson Insulation Company
Nelson Insulation Company (76 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Nelson Insulation Company has more employees than the Insulation contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2022 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238310 · IL · Lake Zurich

1,613 Insulation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 84 employers in Lake Zurich, 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 Lasco San Antonio 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR PCI Des Moines (587) 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Interior Specialties, Inc. 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Z-Tech Insulation, Inc. 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rend Lake Conservancy District 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE CORE Construction Services of Illinois, Inc. 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenville Headquarters 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keeley & Sons, Inc. 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR B and B Maintenance, Inc. 1,077 FTE
CITY-NEAR ECHO Incorporated 945 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC 915 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fresenius Kabi USA Lake Zurich Office 853 FTE
NAT-TCR Stanton Svc Ctr 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR ORBIS RPM Olive Branch 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp. Middletown Works 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR B&D Industrial 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Roofcare Service Center, LLC 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. - Durant, IA SPSC 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3405 - Madison State Street 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Morningside University 76 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, 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.