Books merchant wholesalers · Illinois

ReaderLink Midwest Distribution Center

Romeoville, IL · ~302 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ReaderLink Midwest Distribution Center runs at 413% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Books merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

ReaderLink Midwest Distribution Center: 9.1 TCR = 413% of Books merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ReaderLink Midwest Distribution Center safety composite

ReaderLink Midwest Distribution Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).

F

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

ReaderLink Midwest Distribution Center: 8.8 → 9.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 9.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.89× in 2024

ReaderLink Midwest Distribution Center's TCR rose 0.5 from 8.8 in 2023 to 9.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424920 · Romeoville, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.1 · 413% of ind

  • DART 8.1 DART
  • RANK #5/6
  • PHOTO Fort Mill DC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 41 inj
  • SIZE ~302 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fort Mill DC (0.3 TCR gap)

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ReaderLink Midwest Distribution Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ReaderLink Midwest Distribution Center averages 9.1 TCR (413% of the Books merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

ReaderLink Midwest Distribution Center TCR series: 2023=8.8 · 2024=9.3 · BLS 2.2

Where ReaderLink Midwest Distribution Center falls in its industry

57 Books merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Books merchant wholesalers employers in Illinois.

ReaderLink Midwest Distribution Center (302 employees, TCR 9.1) among 26 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 191 employees and a TCR of 3.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 27 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate ReaderLink Midwest Distribution Center
ReaderLink Midwest Distribution Center (302 employees, TCR 9.1) among 26 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 191 employees and a TCR of 3.8

ReaderLink Midwest Distribution Center has more employees than the Books merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2024 9.3 8.1 22 0 0
2023 8.8 7.4 19 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424920 · IL · Romeoville

57 Books merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 172 employers in Romeoville, 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 Fort Mill DC 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ReaderLink Northeastern Distribution Center 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ypsilanti 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southwestern EMS 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE MC Displays 302 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hill & Valley Premium Bakery 302 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - RFD1 302 FTE
STATE-SIZE MC Machinery Systems, Inc. Headquarters 302 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hearthside Food Solutions, LLC Romeoville 1,197 FTE
CITY-NEAR Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC - 444 755 FTE
CITY-NEAR Magid Glove and Safety Manufacturing Company LLC 751 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DCH6 745 FTE
NAT-TCR Nyuti - Utica 9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Nyone - Oneonta 9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR ARC Industries Bixby Center 9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant 340 9.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kyamd - Aircraft Materials Distribution Center 302 FTE
NAT-SIZE Intimidator Group 302 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sierra Pacific Industries 302 FTE
NAT-SIZE Zero Motorcycles inc. 302 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: 2024, 2023. 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.