Insulation contractors · Illinois

Northwest Insulation

Elgin, IL · ~43 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northwest Insulation runs at 183% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Insulation contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Northwest Insulation: 5.1 TCR = 183% of Insulation contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northwest Insulation safety composite

Northwest Insulation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

Northwest Insulation: 3.1 → 5.3 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 7.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.04× in 2024

Northwest Insulation's TCR rose 2.2 from 3.1 in 2022 to 5.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238310 · Elgin, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 183% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #38/50
  • PHOTO Anchor Insulation- C…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Anchor Insulation- CT Residential/Commercial- IBP Branch 304 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northwest Insulation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northwest Insulation averages 5.1 TCR (183% of the Insulation contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Northwest Insulation TCR series: 2022=3.1 · 2023=7 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Northwest Insulation falls in its industry

1,613 Insulation contractors establishments

Safer than 32% 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 #38 safest of 50 Insulation contractors employers in Illinois.

Northwest Insulation (43 employees, TCR 5.1) 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 Northwest Insulation
Northwest Insulation (43 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Northwest Insulation has fewer employees than the 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 5.3 5.3 2 0 0
2023 7.0 7.0 3 0 0
2022 3.1 3.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238310 · IL · Elgin

1,613 Insulation contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 250 employers in Elgin, 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 Anchor Insulation- CT Residential/Commercial- IBP Branch 304 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zook Interiors LLC 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Interic Specialties, Inc. - Carrollton, TX 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Accurate Insulation Upper Marlboro 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Illinois 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stratum Reservoir, LLC - Champaign 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - East St. Louis 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Manlove Storage Field 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Sherman Hospital 1,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elgin John B. Sanfilippo & Son 987 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Elgin 986 FTE
CITY-NEAR American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation-Elgin 774 FTE
NAT-TCR Craighead Electric Cooperative Corporation 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Waco Electrical Company 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Ritz Trans Corporation of PA 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Diehl Tool Steel Inc. 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Clarke-Washington Electric Membership Corporation 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trucking 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE IBC Advanced Alloys 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vicon Fabricating 43 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. 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.