DCC · Illinois

Penske : 4704-00 Cardinal/Waukegan, IL

Waukegan, IL · ~42 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Penske : 4704-00 Cardinal/Waukegan, IL runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical DCC workplace, earning a grade D.

Penske : 4704-00 Cardinal/Waukegan, IL: 6.4 TCR = 142% of DCC BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Penske : 4704-00 Cardinal/Waukegan, IL safety composite

Penske : 4704-00 Cardinal/Waukegan, IL scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.9

2016→2018

Penske : 4704-00 Cardinal/Waukegan, IL injury rate improved

Penske : 4704-00 Cardinal/Waukegan, IL's TCR fell 1.9 from 7.4 in 2016 to 5.4 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.4 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.4 · 2017=6.4 · 2018=5.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Waukegan, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.4 · 142% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #109/161
  • PHOTO DCC : 5868-00 FORD-B…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DCC : 5868-00 FORD-BHC-DCC/Denver, CO (0.0 TCR gap)

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Penske : 4704-00 Cardinal/Waukegan, IL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Penske : 4704-00 Cardinal/Waukegan, IL averages 6.4 TCR (142% of the DCC BLS benchmark).

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

Penske : 4704-00 Cardinal/Waukegan, IL TCR series: 2016=7.4 · 2017=6.4 · 2018=5.4 · BLS 4.5

Where Penske : 4704-00 Cardinal/Waukegan, IL falls in its industry

2,784 DCC establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #109 safest of 161 DCC employers in Illinois.

Penske : 4704-00 Cardinal/Waukegan, IL (42 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Penske : 4704-00 Cardinal/Waukegan, IL
Penske : 4704-00 Cardinal/Waukegan, IL (42 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Penske : 4704-00 Cardinal/Waukegan, IL has fewer employees than the DCC median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 5.4 3.6 3 0 0
2017 6.4 6.4 3 0 0
2016 7.4 7.4 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · IL · Waukegan

2,784 DCC employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 141 employers in Waukegan, 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 DCC : 5868-00 FORD-BHC-DCC/Denver, CO 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR SAN JOSE (CASUY) 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Richard Carrier Trucking, Inc. 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR HDS Austinburg 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE DAS Pontiac, IL 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waterman, IL-R&D 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Springfield IL 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Egyptian Electric Cooperative 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waukegan PSD #60 2,420 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vista Medical Center 936 FTE
CITY-NEAR Visual Pak Waukegan 807 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Blending & Filling 793 FTE
NAT-TCR 6091-SS027U 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Manor Care Health Services - West Allen 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Greeley (Cogre) 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR West Branch Center (Miwbr) 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Stone Belt Freight Lines, Inc 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rmax - Dallas 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE NA-US-TX-El Paso-Founders Blvd. 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Crossings at Malvern, Inc. 42 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, 2016. 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.