Garbage collection services · Illinois

Northbrook - LRS

Northbrook, IL · ~39 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northbrook - LRS runs at 187% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade D.

Northbrook - LRS: 4.9 TCR = 187% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northbrook - LRS safety composite

Northbrook - LRS scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52%), 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)
D 4.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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 - LRS: 2.4 → 3.1 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 7.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2020

Northbrook - LRS's TCR rose 0.7 from 2.4 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Northbrook, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 187% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #60/143
  • PHOTO Advanced Disposal - …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Advanced Disposal - Columbia SC Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northbrook - LRS in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northbrook - LRS averages 4.9 TCR (187% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Northbrook - LRS TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=7 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=3.1 · BLS 2.6

Where Northbrook - LRS falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #60 safest of 143 Garbage collection services employers in Illinois.

Northbrook - LRS (39 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Northbrook - LRS
Northbrook - LRS (39 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Northbrook - LRS has fewer employees than the Garbage collection services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 3.1 0.0 1 0 0
2019 4.6 2.3 2 0 0
2018 7.0 4.6 3 0 0
2017 7.3 7.3 3 0 0
2016 2.4 2.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · IL · Northbrook

2,322 Garbage collection services 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 Advanced Disposal - Columbia SC Hauling 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04107 - WM of AL - Tuscaloosa 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 121 - Clearwater 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Casella Waste Services, Horseheads 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Beck's El Paso 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Green Glen Nursery, Inc 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE NRG Joliet Generating Station 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Bloomington 39 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 Ross store 1805 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 1594 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 167 Anchorage, Ak 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR DGS Aviation Services : PVD - Providence 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Quality Truss of Texas LLC 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE MVD Entertainment Group Warehouse 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE High Springs 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Office Memphis 39 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, 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.