Dental laboratories · Illinois
Ottawa Dental Laboratory, LLC - Norris Location
Ottawa, IL · ~75 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ottawa Dental Laboratory, LLC - Norris Location runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Dental laboratories workplace, earning a grade B.
Ottawa Dental Laboratory, LLC - Norris Location: 2.1 TCR = 65% of Dental laboratories BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ottawa Dental Laboratory, LLC - Norris Location safety composite
Ottawa Dental Laboratory, LLC - Norris Location scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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).
50/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.15 per 100 workers
Safer than 62% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.36 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% 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%).
TCR Δ
−0.6
2022→2024
Ottawa Dental Laboratory, LLC - Norris Location injury rate improved
Ottawa Dental Laboratory, LLC - Norris Location's TCR fell 0.6 from 2.0 in 2022 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=2.0 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=1.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 339116 · Ottawa, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 65% of ind
- DART 1.4 DART
- RANK #4/11
- PHOTO DSG Creative
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~75 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: DSG Creative (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ottawa Dental Laboratory, LLC - Norris Location in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- ProSmiles Dent
ProSmiles Dental Studio
2.2 TCR
- This site
Ottawa Dental Laboratory, LLC - Norris Location
2.1 TCR
- DSG Creative
DSG Creative
2.1 TCR
- OBDL Corvallis
OBDL Corvallis
2.1 TCR
- New Image Dent
New Image Dental Laboratory Inc.
2.1 TCR
What this shows Ottawa Dental Laboratory, LLC - Norris Location averages 2.1 TCR (65% of the Dental laboratories BLS benchmark).
Ottawa Dental Laboratory, LLC - Norris Location TCR series: 2022=2 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Ottawa Dental Laboratory, LLC - Norris Location falls in its industry
184 Dental laboratories establishmentsSafer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 11 Dental laboratories employers in Illinois.
Ottawa Dental Laboratory, LLC - Norris Location has more employees than the Dental laboratories median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
339116 · IL · Ottawa
184 Dental laboratories employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 67 employers in Ottawa, 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 | DSG Creative | 2.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ProSmiles Dental Studio | 2.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | OBDL Corvallis | 2.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | New Image Dental Laboratory Inc. | 2.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Kankakee Nursery Co. | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Greenhouse | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Illinois American Water (Chicago Metro) | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Haier Plumbing & Heating, Inc. | 75 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center | 624 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Saint Elizabeth Medical Center | 581 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LaSalle County | 500 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 00000036 0036 OTTAWA DC | 415 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Elf's Landscaping, Inc | 2.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | GEA Process Engineering Inc. | 2.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Great Lakes Cheese Company, Inc. - Manchester | 2.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hitachi Astemo Berea Plant | 2.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Oil Creek Plastics | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Yankee Sheet Metal | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Alpine Insulation Menomonee Falls | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | PT Foundry | 75 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.