Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing · Illinois

Noise Barriers, LLC

Libertyville, IL · ~56 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Noise Barriers, LLC runs at 265% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Noise Barriers, LLC: 8.8 TCR = 265% of Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Noise Barriers, LLC safety composite

Noise Barriers, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

Noise Barriers, LLC: 9.7 → 12.4 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 12.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.53× in 2019

Noise Barriers, LLC's TCR rose 2.7 from 9.7 in 2017 to 12.4 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Libertyville, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.8 · 265% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK #48/54
  • PHOTO Captive-Aire Systems…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Captive-Aire Systems Inc - Groveland, FL (0.0 TCR gap)

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Noise Barriers, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Noise Barriers, LLC averages 8.8 TCR (265% of the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Noise Barriers, LLC TCR series: 2017=9.7 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=12.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Noise Barriers, LLC falls in its industry

1,158 Sheet metal work (except stamp establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 54 Sheet metal work (except stamp employers in Illinois.

Noise Barriers, LLC (56 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Noise Barriers, LLC
Noise Barriers, LLC (56 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Noise Barriers, LLC has fewer employees than the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2019 12.4 4.6 8 0 0
2018 4.3 2.8 3 0 0
2017 9.7 9.7 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · IL · Libertyville

1,158 Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 71 employers in Libertyville, 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 Captive-Aire Systems Inc - Groveland, FL 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fabcor 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pulverman 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Superior 8.8 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 Advocate Condell Medical Center 1,903 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brightstar, US 1,755 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aldridge Electric 1,193 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hollister Incorporated Libertyville 580 FTE
NAT-TCR Watsonville Coast Produce 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR IPI-Staff 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Baker Boy Bake Shop, Inc. 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hin 17 8.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Vermont Smoke and Cure 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale St Peters 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sentinel Printing 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southview - Inverwood Senior Living 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: 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.