Food research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) · Illinois

QTG Development Inc.

Barrington, IL · ~364 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

QTG Development Inc. runs at 126% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Food research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) workplace, earning a grade D.

QTG Development Inc.: 0.6 TCR = 126% of Food research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

QTG Development Inc. safety composite

QTG Development Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% 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).

C

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

−0.5

2016→2018

QTG Development Inc. injury rate improved

QTG Development Inc.'s TCR fell 0.5 from 0.8 in 2016 to 0.3 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.8 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.8 · 2017=0.8 · 2018=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541712 · Barrington, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 0.6 · 126% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/14
  • PHOTO RCUH/Core Staff
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~364 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RCUH/Core Staff (0.0 TCR gap)

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QTG Development Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows QTG Development Inc. averages 0.6 TCR (126% of the Food research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS benchmark).

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

QTG Development Inc. TCR series: 2016=0.8 · 2017=0.8 · 2018=0.3 · BLS 0.5

Where QTG Development Inc. falls in its industry

319 Food research and development establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 14 Food research and development employers in Illinois.

QTG Development Inc. (364 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate QTG Development Inc.
QTG Development Inc. (364 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8

QTG Development Inc. has more employees than the Food research and development laboratori median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. 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 0.3 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.8 0.3 3 0 0
2016 0.8 0.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541712 · IL · Barrington

319 Food research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 28 employers in Barrington, 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 RCUH/Core Staff 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR NM006 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR M2Gen - H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Magic Leap Sunnyvale 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE N. Kohl Grocer Co. Inc. 364 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1418 364 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cloud 364 FTE
STATE-SIZE HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital-Breese 364 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital 1,439 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Good Shepherd 787 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swiss Automation, Inc. - Barrington 215 FTE
CITY-NEAR International Decorators, Inc. 194 FTE
NAT-TCR Wanzek Construction 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR CCS - Headquarters 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mill Hall 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Catalent 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Northeast Ohio 364 FTE
NAT-SIZE CSE 364 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nelc Pratt & Whitney-10364 (Nhldr) 364 FTE
NAT-SIZE Saint-Gobain Ceramics and Plastics 364 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.