Acoustical ceiling tile and panel installation · Illinois

Sound Seal DBA Catalyst Acoustics

Name: Sound Seal DBA Catalyst Acoustics Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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North Aurora, IL · ~151 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.3
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Sound Seal DBA Catalyst Acoustics runs at 119% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Acoustical ceiling tile and panel installation workplace, earning a grade C.

Sound Seal DBA Catalyst Acoustics: 3.3 TCR = 119% of Acoustical ceiling tile and panel installation BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sound Seal DBA Catalyst Acoustics safety composite

Sound Seal DBA Catalyst Acoustics scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51%), 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).

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−0.4

2022→2023

Sound Seal DBA Catalyst Acoustics injury rate improved

Sound Seal DBA Catalyst Acoustics's TCR fell 0.4 from 3.5 in 2022 to 3.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.5 · 2023=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238310 · North Aurora, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 119% of ind

DART 1.3 DART
RANK #28/50
PHOTO Cool Insulation Kans…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~151 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cool Insulation Kansas City (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kinzler Constr

3.4
Precision Wall

3.4
T.D. PATRINOS

3.4
This site

3.3
Cool Insulatio

3.3

What this shows Sound Seal DBA Catalyst Acoustics averages 3.3 TCR (119% of the Acoustical ceiling tile and panel installation BLS benchmark).

Sound Seal DBA Catalyst Acoustics TCR series: 2022=3.5 · 2023=3.2 · BLS 2.8

Where Sound Seal DBA Catalyst Acoustics falls in its industry

1,613 Acoustical ceiling tile and pa establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 50 Acoustical ceiling tile and pa employers in Illinois.

Sound Seal DBA Catalyst Acoustics (151 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Sound Seal DBA Catalyst Acoustics has more employees than the Acoustical ceiling tile and panel instal median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2023	3.2	1.3	5	0	0
2022	3.5	2.4	6	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238310 · IL · North Aurora

1,613 Acoustical ceiling tile and panel installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 36 employers in North Aurora, 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	Cool Insulation Kansas City	KANSAS CITY, KS	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kinzler Construction Services-CIA	ANKENY, IA	3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Precision Walls Inc-Charlotte	CHALROTTE, NC	3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	T.D. PATRINOS PAINTING & CONTRACTING COMPANY	BETHEL PARK, PA	3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	AMEREN ILLINOIS - Eastern - IL Electric Ops	URBANA	151 FTE
STATE-SIZE	The Levy Company	THE LEVY COMPANY 3925 COMMERCIAL AVE NORTHBROOK	151 FTE
STATE-SIZE	U.S. Waterproofing	ROLLING MEADOWS	151 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Menasha Packaging Company - Chicago	CHICAGO	151 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Aurora Packing Company	North Aurora	293 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Dart Container North Aurora	North Aurora	238 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Oberweis Dairy - Corp Office	North Aurora	212 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Woodmans Food Market North Aurora 35	North Aurora	204 FTE
NAT-TCR	Amrep Salisbury	Salisbury, NC	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cambridge Street #179	Worcester, MA	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Inver Grove Heights	Inver Grove Heights, MN	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Gordon Super Foods	Gordon, NE	3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	NAPP Columbia - 007	Columbia, SC	151 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Franklin Building Supply - Boise	Boise, ID	151 FTE
NAT-SIZE	HOB Hoboken	Hoboken, NJ	151 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Eastern Parkway #001	Schenectady, NY	151 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: 2023, 2022. 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.