Magnetron tubes manufacturing · Illinois

Richardson Electronics, Ltd.

Lafox, IL · ~214 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Richardson Electronics, Ltd. runs at 40% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Magnetron tubes manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Richardson Electronics, Ltd.: 1.3 TCR = 40% of Magnetron tubes manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Richardson Electronics, Ltd. safety composite

Richardson Electronics, Ltd. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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

Richardson Electronics, Ltd.: 0.6 → 1.0 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 2.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.74× in 2024

Richardson Electronics, Ltd.'s TCR rose 0.4 from 0.6 in 2016 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334419 · Lafox, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 40% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #7/17
  • PHOTO Headway Technologies…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~214 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Headway Technologies, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Richardson Electronics, Ltd. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Richardson Electronics, Ltd. averages 1.3 TCR (40% of the Magnetron tubes manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Richardson Electronics, Ltd. TCR series: 2016=0.6 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=1 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=1.7 · 2021=0 · 2022=0.9 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=1 · BLS 3.3

Where Richardson Electronics, Ltd. falls in its industry

334 Magnetron tubes manufacturing establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 17 Magnetron tubes manufacturing employers in Illinois.

Richardson Electronics, Ltd. (214 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 108 employees and a TCR of 1.8 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 02004006008001,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Richardson Electronics, Ltd.
Richardson Electronics, Ltd. (214 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 108 employees and a TCR of 1.8

Richardson Electronics, Ltd. has more employees than the Magnetron tubes manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.8. 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 1.0 1.0 2 0 0
2023 2.1 1.7 5 0 0
2022 0.9 0.9 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.7 1.2 3 0 0
2019 2.9 1.2 4 1 0
2018 1.0 0.0 1 1 0
2017 1.7 0.6 3 0 0
2016 0.6 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334419 · IL · Lafox

334 Magnetron tubes manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 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 Headway Technologies, Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1406_2787 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR NAVITAS SYSTEMS VENTURE 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Korry Electronics 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Prairie State Generating Company, LLC - Power Station 214 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bear Construction Company 214 FTE
STATE-SIZE Curran Contracting Company 214 FTE
STATE-SIZE Quantum Color Graphics , LLC 214 FTE
NAT-TCR Garrison Steel Erectors, Inc 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Oak Tree Elementary School 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Kelley Brothers Contractors 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Bartlesville Sc 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bourbon Community Hospital 214 FTE
NAT-SIZE Howmet - Tempcraft 214 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quigley Bus Service, Inc. 214 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heraeus Electro-Nite Co., LLC 214 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.