Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers · Illinois

Niles MRC

Niles, IL · ~81 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Niles MRC runs at 248% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Niles MRC: 5.5 TCR = 248% of Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Niles MRC safety composite

Niles MRC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
B 1.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−4.5

2017→2020

Niles MRC injury rate improved

Niles MRC's TCR fell 4.5 from 5.8 in 2017 to 1.3 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.8 · 2018=9.7 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424490 · Niles, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.5 · 248% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #18/46
  • PHOTO Kearney - KNY
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~81 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kearney - KNY (0.0 TCR gap)

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Niles MRC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Niles MRC averages 5.5 TCR (248% of the Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Niles MRC TCR series: 2017=5.8 · 2018=9.7 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=1.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Niles MRC falls in its industry

1,278 Other Grocery and Related Prod establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 46 Other Grocery and Related Prod employers in Illinois.

Niles MRC (81 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Niles MRC
Niles MRC (81 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Niles MRC has more employees than the Other Grocery and Related Products Merch median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2019 5.2 3.9 4 0 0
2018 9.7 5.5 7 0 0
2017 5.8 3.5 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424490 · IL · Niles

1,278 Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 111 employers in Niles, 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 Kearney - KNY 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR KINGMAN AZ 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lehigh Valley Distribution Center - ABARTA Coca-Cola Beverages 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Norton 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred Intl Inc. Utica, IL 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Edwards Power Station 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE 75E - Western S - IL Electric Ops 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Western S - IL Electric Ops 81 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aerospace Business Groups : Niles 1,010 FTE
CITY-NEAR Airframe Systems : Niles 978 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shure Incorporated 719 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3320 683 FTE
NAT-TCR Ashley Furniture Homestore- West County 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Wesco - Haas Group International Northlake Distribution Center 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR DGS Aviation Services : MFR - Medford 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Martin Systems Inc. 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Laurelwood at The Pinehills 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE HCP Coconut Creek FL OpCo, LLC 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aspen Living Center 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quail Hollow Resort 81 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. 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.