Tool boxes, light gauge metal, manufacturing · Illinois

Northstar

Glendale Hts, IL · ~86 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Northstar runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Tool boxes, light gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Northstar: 4.3 TCR = 129% of Tool boxes, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northstar safety composite

Northstar scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).

D

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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%).

TCR Δ

−5.3

2021→2023

Northstar injury rate improved

Northstar's TCR fell 5.3 from 7.7 in 2021 to 2.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=7.7 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332439 · Glendale Hts, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 129% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #7/15
  • PHOTO Sii - Mancelona
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~86 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sii - Mancelona (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northstar in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northstar averages 4.3 TCR (129% of the Tool boxes, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Northstar TCR series: 2021=7.7 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Northstar falls in its industry

175 Tool boxes, light gauge metal, establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 15 Tool boxes, light gauge metal, employers in Illinois.

Northstar (86 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Northstar
Northstar (86 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Northstar has more employees than the Tool boxes, light gauge metal, manufactu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2023 2.5 2.5 2 0 0
2022 2.6 0.9 3 0 0
2021 7.7 2.6 5 1 1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332439 · IL · Glendale Hts

175 Tool boxes, light gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 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 Sii - Mancelona 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR E-Box 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Roche Bros. Barrel & Drum 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wastequip Brookhaven 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Germantown Egg Farm 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience PRI1 Princeton,IL 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Illinois Gas Company 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Homeway Homes Facility 86 FTE
NAT-TCR 070-El Paso/Viscount 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR A-1 Express Trucking, LLC 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Hoover Gardens & Gifts 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Dale's Recycling Partnership 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Haemonetics - Draper 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sky Unlimited Inc 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hill Electric, Inc. 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Times Supermarket Aiea 86 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.