Ammunition boxes, wood, manufacturing · Illinois

Northwest Pallet Services, LLC

Name: Northwest Pallet Services, LLC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Belvidere, IL · ~208 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.4
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Northwest Pallet Services, LLC runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Ammunition boxes, wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Northwest Pallet Services, LLC: 3.4 TCR = 104% of Ammunition boxes, wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northwest Pallet Services, LLC safety composite

Northwest Pallet Services, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 3.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers
DART rate: D 3.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

Northwest Pallet Services, LLC: 1.8 → 5.1 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 5.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.95× in 2018

Northwest Pallet Services, LLC's TCR rose 3.4 from 1.8 in 2017 to 5.1 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321920 · Belvidere, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 104% of ind

DART 3.3 DART
RANK #7/42
PHOTO Wood Products
BOOK 2y book
INJ 16 inj
SIZE ~208 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wood Products (0.0 TCR gap)

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Recycled Romeo

3.4

What this shows Northwest Pallet Services, LLC averages 3.4 TCR (104% of the Ammunition boxes, wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Northwest Pallet Services, LLC TCR series: 2017=1.8 · 2018=5.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Northwest Pallet Services, LLC falls in its industry

952 Ammunition boxes, wood, manufa establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.

Grade C

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 42 Ammunition boxes, wood, manufa employers in Illinois.

Northwest Pallet Services, LLC (208 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3

Northwest Pallet Services, LLC has more employees than the Ammunition boxes, wood, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. 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
2018	5.1	3.3	11	0	0
2017	1.8	1.1	5	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321920 · IL · Belvidere

952 Ammunition boxes, wood, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 74 employers in Belvidere, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Wood Products	MISSOULA, MT	3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Recycled Romeoville (USIE)	ROMEOVILLE, IL	3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kentucky Cooperage	LEBANON, KY	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Millwood, Inc. Leetsdale	LEETSDALE, PA	3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Helitech	CASEYVILLE	208 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SABIC Innovative Plastics US LLC	OTTAWA	208 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Huntley TEQ - F315	HUNTLEY	208 FTE
STATE-SIZE	O'Brien Steel Service- Peoria	PEORIA	208 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Belvidere Assembly Plant	Belvidere	3,525 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Magna Exterirors Belvidere	Belvidere	655 FTE
CITY-NEAR	General Mills (Belvidere)	Belvidere	583 FTE
CITY-NEAR	General Mills Operations, LLC.	Belvidere	560 FTE
NAT-TCR	Faurecia Interior Systems	Louisville, KY	3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	UG2 -559 - Tishman 1875 Eye St (DC)	Washington, DC	3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	NA-US-MA-Agawam-Silver Street	Agawam, MA	3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Meyer Ace Hardware - North	Petoskey, MI	3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Holland - TO	Bowling Green, OH	208 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Delta Plastics Little Rock	Little Rock, AR	208 FTE
NAT-SIZE	GA-01	Thomson, GA	208 FTE
NAT-SIZE	St. Peter's Nursing and Rehab Center	Albany, NY	208 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.