Tractors, highway, merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Patson Inc. - Elmhurst

Name: Patson Inc. - Elmhurst Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Elmhurst, IL · ~176 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.2
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Patson Inc. - Elmhurst runs at 281% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Tractors, highway, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Patson Inc. - Elmhurst: 6.2 TCR = 281% of Tractors, highway, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Patson Inc. - Elmhurst safety composite

Patson Inc. - Elmhurst scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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).

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

Patson Inc. - Elmhurst: 3.9 → 8.0 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 8.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.79× in 2022

Patson Inc. - Elmhurst's TCR rose 4.1 from 3.9 in 2016 to 8.0 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423110 · Elmhurst, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.2 · 281% of ind

DART 4.9 DART
RANK #52/71
PHOTO 1911 RTC VALDOSTA
BOOK 7y book
INJ 76 inj
SIZE ~176 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1911 RTC VALDOSTA (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.2
1911 RTC VALDO

6.2
MANHEIM PORTLA

6.2
MANHEIM NEW YO

6.2
Regional Inter

6.2

What this shows Patson Inc. - Elmhurst averages 6.2 TCR (281% of the Tractors, highway, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Patson Inc. - Elmhurst TCR series: 2016=3.9 · 2017=5.7 · 2018=7.4 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=6 · 2021=7.8 · 2022=8 · BLS 2.2

Where Patson Inc. - Elmhurst falls in its industry

1,333 Tractors, highway, merchant wh establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #52 safest of 71 Tractors, highway, merchant wh employers in Illinois.

Patson Inc. - Elmhurst (176 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Patson Inc. - Elmhurst has more employees than the Tractors, highway, merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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
2022	8.0	4.9	18
2021	7.8	6.7	14
2020	6.0	6.0	10
2019	4.5	4.5	8
2018	7.4	7.4	12
2017	5.7	5.7	8
2016	3.9	2.6	6

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423110 · IL · Elmhurst

1,333 Tractors, highway, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 127 employers in Elmhurst, 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	1911 RTC VALDOSTA	VALDOSTA, GA	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MANHEIM PORTLAND	PORTLAND, OR	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MANHEIM NEW YORK	NEWBURGH, NY	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Regional International Corp	HENRIETTA, NY	6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Chicago/ Rockford, IL HVAC	ARLINGTON HEIGHTS	176 FTE
STATE-SIZE	McHenry, IL - Pallet Plant - 337	RICHMOND	176 FTE
STATE-SIZE	USA IL Chicago Plant	CHICAGO	176 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Vantage Specialty Chemicals	GURNEE	176 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Elmhurst Memorial Hospital	Elmhurst	2,864 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Services Inc.	Elmhurst	2,331 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Elmhurst , IL - 01	Elmhurst	1,612 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Elmhurst Community Unit School 205	Elmhurst	1,252 FTE
NAT-TCR	Scholastic Inc. - Jefferson City	Jefferson City, MO	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	LeMar-Des Moines	Des Moines, IA	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	4765-IAHCX9575	Humble, TX	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Deckerville Hospital	Deckerville, MI	6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Honda Lock Selma AL	Selma, AL	176 FTE
NAT-SIZE	PHS - EagleCrest	Roseville, MN	176 FTE
NAT-SIZE	6458-ZJEF	Columbia, MO	176 FTE
NAT-SIZE	6458-ZNAL	Nashville, TN	176 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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