Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and distributing · Illinois

North Chicago Yard 283

Lake Bluff, IL · ~32 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

North Chicago Yard 283 runs at 102% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and distributing workplace, earning a grade C.

North Chicago Yard 283: 3.4 TCR = 102% of Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and distributing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North Chicago Yard 283 safety composite

North Chicago Yard 283 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

North Chicago Yard 283: 3.3 → 5.9 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 6.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.89× in 2024

North Chicago Yard 283's TCR rose 2.7 from 3.3 in 2016 to 5.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327320 · Lake Bluff, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 102% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #12/34
  • PHOTO Centre Concrete - St…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Centre Concrete - State College (0.0 TCR gap)

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North Chicago Yard 283 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows North Chicago Yard 283 averages 3.4 TCR (102% of the Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and distributing BLS benchmark).

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

North Chicago Yard 283 TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=5.6 · 2024=5.9 · BLS 3.3

Where North Chicago Yard 283 falls in its industry

1,316 Ready-mix concrete manufacturi establishments

Safer than 65% 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 #12 safest of 34 Ready-mix concrete manufacturi employers in Illinois.

North Chicago Yard 283 (32 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate North Chicago Yard 283
North Chicago Yard 283 (32 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 4.5

North Chicago Yard 283 has fewer employees than the Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and dis median and a lower 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
2024 5.9 3.0 2 0 0
2023 5.6 5.6 2 0 0
2022 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2021 6.7 6.7 2 0 0
2020 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.6 0.0 1 0 0
2016 3.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327320 · IL · Lake Bluff

1,316 Ready-mix concrete manufacturing and distributing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 27 employers in Lake Bluff, 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 Centre Concrete - State College 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Hollywood Plant #22 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sweetman Construction Company d/b/a Concrete Materials 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR LMC Dallas 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Eastern 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Utility Department 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - AIC Gas Corrosion 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG Ottawa Reporting Center 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DDC3 1,075 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DCH4 1,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR PCI ENERGY SERVICES, LLC 533 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mariani Landscape 488 FTE
NAT-TCR Hunter Truck - Clearfield 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR The Mazel Company 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Kentucky QCC 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Cavanaugh Electrical Contracting Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Northshore 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Saunders Wood Specialties, Inc. 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE ecoservices, LLC 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Beach City Lumber Depot Beach City, OH 32 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, 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.