Building insulation contractors · Illinois

Northern Insulation, Inc.

Round Lake, IL · ~33 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northern Insulation, Inc. runs at 308% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Building insulation contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Northern Insulation, Inc.: 8.6 TCR = 308% of Building insulation contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northern Insulation, Inc. safety composite

Northern Insulation, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

Northern Insulation, Inc.: 6.4 → 10.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 10.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.26× in 2024

Northern Insulation, Inc.'s TCR rose 4.4 from 6.4 in 2023 to 10.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238310 · Round Lake, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 308% of ind

  • DART 10.8 DART
  • RANK #49/50
  • PHOTO Preferred Properties…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Preferred Properties, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northern Insulation, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northern Insulation, Inc. averages 8.6 TCR (308% of the Building insulation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Northern Insulation, Inc. TCR series: 2023=6.4 · 2024=10.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Northern Insulation, Inc. falls in its industry

1,613 Building insulation contractor establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 50 Building insulation contractor employers in Illinois.

Northern Insulation, Inc. (33 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Northern Insulation, Inc.
Northern Insulation, Inc. (33 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Northern Insulation, Inc. has fewer employees than the Building insulation contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 10.8 10.8 4 0 0
2023 6.4 6.4 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238310 · IL · Round Lake

1,613 Building insulation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 20 employers in Round Lake, 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 Preferred Properties, Inc. 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Westside Drywall & Inc. 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1st State Insulation 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alcal Tempe Multi-Product 8.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE PharmaCann Dwight 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Konos 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mendota Farm Shop 208 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE NRG Will County Generating Station 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Roundlake R&D 1,286 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baxter/ Round Lake R & D 975 FTE
CITY-NEAR Roundlake, IL -Nationwide Sales Personnel 762 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baxter Healthcare - Round Lake Drug Delivery 549 FTE
NAT-TCR Nachi Tool America Inc. 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Azpho - Phoenix Hub 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Arbor Glen Care Center 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR New Hope 10163 8.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Alpha Sheet Metal Works, Inc 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Threaded Fasteners, Inc. (Tampa 007) 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Burlington 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Yoderbilt, LLC 33 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. 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.