Dental laboratories · Illinois

Ottawa Dental Laboratory - Starfire Dr

Name: Ottawa Dental Laboratory - Starfire Dr Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Ottawa, IL · ~156 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ottawa Dental Laboratory - Starfire Dr runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Dental laboratories workplace, earning a grade A.

Ottawa Dental Laboratory - Starfire Dr: 1.3 TCR = 39% of Dental laboratories BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ottawa Dental Laboratory - Starfire Dr safety composite

Ottawa Dental Laboratory - Starfire Dr scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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

−2.6

2019→2020

Ottawa Dental Laboratory - Starfire Dr injury rate improved

Ottawa Dental Laboratory - Starfire Dr's TCR fell 2.6 from 2.6 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.6 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.6 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339116 · Ottawa, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 39% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #1/11
PHOTO Creodent Prosthetics…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~156 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Creodent Prosthetics Ltd. (0.0 TCR gap)

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NATIONAL DENTE

1.4
NDX Thoele

1.4
This site

1.3
Creodent Prost

1.3
James R. Glide

1.3

What this shows Ottawa Dental Laboratory - Starfire Dr averages 1.3 TCR (39% of the Dental laboratories BLS benchmark).

Ottawa Dental Laboratory - Starfire Dr TCR series: 2019=2.6 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Ottawa Dental Laboratory - Starfire Dr falls in its industry

184 Dental laboratories establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 11 Dental laboratories employers in Illinois.

Ottawa Dental Laboratory - Starfire Dr (156 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Ottawa Dental Laboratory - Starfire Dr 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
2020	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2019	2.6	2.6	3	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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Creodent Prosthetics Ltd.	NEW YORK, NY	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NATIONAL DENTEX CORPORATE OFFICE	JUPITER, FL	1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - VK	IRVINE, CA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NDX Thoele	WAITE PARK, MN	1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Merit Contractors, LLC	ANTIOCH	156 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Southside Soapbox	CHICAGO	156 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Berry Global	AURORA	156 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Advanced Plastic Corporation, Inc.	LINCOLNWOOD	156 FTE
CITY-NEAR	OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center	Ottawa	624 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Saint Elizabeth Medical Center	Ottawa	581 FTE
CITY-NEAR	LaSalle County	Ottawa	500 FTE
CITY-NEAR	00000036 0036 OTTAWA DC	Ottawa	415 FTE
NAT-TCR	Reading Equipment Distribution Midwest	Indianopolis, IN	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Prescolite	Eldorado, AR	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Edgerton Elementary School	Roseville, MN	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cleveland - Superior Products LLC	Cleveland, OH	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Debary Health and Rehabilitation Center	Debary, FL	156 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fabbrica LLC	Enfield, CT	156 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Aurora Senior Living of Manokin LLC	Princess Anne, MD	156 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Methodist Behavioral Health Hospital	Maumelle, AR	156 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: 2020, 2019. 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.