Housewares stores · Illinois

Northbrook #106

Northbrook, IL · ~53 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northbrook #106 runs at 144% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Housewares stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Northbrook #106: 4.9 TCR = 144% of Housewares stores BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northbrook #106 safety composite

Northbrook #106 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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 4.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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

Northbrook #106: 3.5 → 8.6 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 11.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Northbrook #106's TCR rose 5.1 from 3.5 in 2016 to 8.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 11.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 442299 · Northbrook, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 144% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #48/87
  • PHOTO HG463
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HG463 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northbrook #106 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northbrook #106 averages 4.9 TCR (144% of the Housewares stores BLS benchmark).

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

Northbrook #106 TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=11.1 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=3.9 · 2024=8.6 · BLS 3.4

Where Northbrook #106 falls in its industry

2,162 Housewares stores establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

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 87 Housewares stores employers in Illinois.

Northbrook #106 (53 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 6.2 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Northbrook #106
Northbrook #106 (53 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Northbrook #106 has more employees than the Housewares stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.2. 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 8.6 0.0 2 0 0
2022 3.9 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.6 0.0 1 0 0
2019 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2018 11.1 0.0 3 0 0
2017 3.6 0.0 1 0 0
2016 3.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

442299 · IL · Northbrook

2,162 Housewares stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 122 employers in Northbrook, 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 HG463 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Del Amo #521 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 017/South Coast 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR HG780 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Flamm Orchards Inc 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer Princeton IL Research-PRI2 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2505-Mason City, IL 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prairie State Generating Company - Corporate Office 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR Astellas Pharma US 1,228 FTE
CITY-NEAR Astellas Pharma Global Development 908 FTE
CITY-NEAR Astellas US LLC 896 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILNOR - NORTHBROOK 780 FTE
NAT-TCR Fairfield Clearwater 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR LSD 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Alta Enterprises LLC- Muskegon 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Anthony Shawnee Hospital 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE St Louis Office (2512) 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Craig Welding & Mfg. Inc. 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Meredith 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Owens & Minor Charlotte 53 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.