Apparel findings and trimmings cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors) · Illinois

QST Industries, Inc.

Name: QST Industries, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Chicago, IL · ~21 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 0.0
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

QST Industries, Inc. runs at 0% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Apparel findings and trimmings cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors) workplace, earning a grade C.

QST Industries, Inc.: 0.0 TCR = 0% of Apparel findings and trimmings cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors) BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

QST Industries, Inc. safety composite

QST Industries, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 100% 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).

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0 per 100 workers

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

Safer than 81% 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%).

QST Industries, Inc. held a steady TCR band

QST Industries, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 0.0 TCR.

2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 315990 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 0.0 · 0% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #0/7
PHOTO Encompass Group, LLC
BOOK 2y book
INJ 0 inj
SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Encompass Group, LLC (0.2 TCR gap)

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What this shows QST Industries, Inc. averages 0.0 TCR (0% of the Apparel findings and trimmings cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors) BLS benchmark).

QST Industries, Inc. TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where QST Industries, Inc. falls in its industry

62 Apparel findings and trimmings establishments

Safer than 100% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #0 safest of 7 Apparel findings and trimmings employers in Illinois.

QST Industries, Inc. (21 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 111 employees and a TCR of 2.3

QST Industries, Inc. has fewer employees than the Apparel findings and trimmings cut and s median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2021	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2020	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

315990 · IL · Chicago

62 Apparel findings and trimmings cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, 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	Encompass Group, LLC	MCDONOUGH, GA	0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mar Mac Protective Apparel	MCBEE, SC	0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bioworld Merchandising Headquarter	IRVING, TX	0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Stahls Inc	ST. CLAIR SHORES, MI	0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Frank W. Lewis & Son Seed FArms, Inc	URSA	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	RAVENS LIVESTOCK & FARMS INC	MILFORD	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bushnell	BUSHNELL	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	21st Century Sow Farm	MASON	21 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago Public Schools	Chicago	49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago/Corporate	Chicago	18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago	13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University Health Service UIC UIC Campus	Chicago	12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR	Atlanta - Phipps	Atlanta, GA	0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Meijer 208	Lincoln Park, MI	0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Binghamton	Endwell, NY	0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Detroit	Taylor, MI	0.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	construction	Tyler, TX	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Five Star Main Office	Easthampton, MA	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pinehurst Animal Hospital	Southern Pines, NC	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rush Constructors, Inc.	Camarillo, CA	21 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: 2021, 2020. 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.