Buildings, prefabricated, wood, manufacturing · Illinois
R&D Thiel
Belvidere, IL · ~292 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
R&D Thiel runs at 255% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Buildings, prefabricated, wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
R&D Thiel: 8.4 TCR = 255% of Buildings, prefabricated, wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
R&D Thiel safety composite
R&D Thiel scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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).
33/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 8.4 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 13.25 per 100 workers
Safer than 10% 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%).
Rising injury rate
R&D Thiel: 4.3 → 15.8 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 15.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.58× in 2024
R&D Thiel's TCR rose 11.4 from 4.3 in 2016 to 15.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 321992 · Belvidere, IL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 8.4 · 255% of ind
- DART 13.3 DART
- RANK #4/7
- PHOTO Backyard Swing & Slide
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 237 inj
- SIZE ~292 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Backyard Swing & Slide (0.1 TCR gap)
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R&D Thiel in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
R&D Thiel
8.4 TCR
- Backyard Swing
Backyard Swing & Slide
8.3 TCR
- Tuff Shed Stor
Tuff Shed Store 480 - Minneapolis - NTH
8.3 TCR
- KATAHDIN FORES
KATAHDIN FOREST PRODUCTS01-032
8.3 TCR
- Glendale Facto
Glendale Factory
8.2 TCR
What this shows R&D Thiel averages 8.4 TCR (255% of the Buildings, prefabricated, wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
R&D Thiel TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2017=5.5 · 2018=5.5 · 2019=5.3 · 2020=6.4 · 2021=13 · 2022=8.6 · 2023=11.1 · 2024=15.8 · BLS 3.3
Where R&D Thiel falls in its industry
177 Buildings, prefabricated, wood establishmentsSafer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.7.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 7 Buildings, prefabricated, wood employers in Illinois.
R&D Thiel has more employees than the Buildings, prefabricated, wood, manufact median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.7. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15.8 | 13.3 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11.1 | 8.0 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.6 | 5.9 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 13.0 | 8.9 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
321992 · IL · Belvidere
177 Buildings, prefabricated, wood, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 74 employers in Belvidere, 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 | Backyard Swing & Slide | 8.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tuff Shed Store 480 - Minneapolis - NTH | 8.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | KATAHDIN FOREST PRODUCTS01-032 | 8.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Glendale Factory | 8.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Cylinder Works Moline | 292 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 435 | 292 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | GP Transco Darien Office | 292 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | O'HARE (ILOHA) | 292 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Belvidere Assembly Plant | 3,525 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Magna Exterirors Belvidere | 655 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | General Mills (Belvidere) | 583 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | General Mills Operations, LLC. | 560 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Nebraska P.E.O. Home | 8.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Corpus Christi-Lexington | 8.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0177 Ahwatukee | 8.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Carolina Eastern-Crocker LLC | 8.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | AAF Flanders FFI | 292 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | United Church of Christ Retirement Community d.b.a. Havenwood Heritage Heights | 292 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lennar Las Vegas | 292 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Grand Prairie | 292 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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