Hobbyists' supplies merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Southern Hobby Distribution-CHI

Glendale Heigths, IL · ~18 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Hobby Distribution-CHI runs at 397% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hobbyists' supplies merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Southern Hobby Distribution-CHI: 8.7 TCR = 397% of Hobbyists' supplies merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Hobby Distribution-CHI safety composite

Southern Hobby Distribution-CHI scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 17.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

Southern Hobby Distribution-CHI: 0.0 → 17.5 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 17.5 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2023

Southern Hobby Distribution-CHI's TCR rose 17.5 from 0.0 in 2022 to 17.5 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423920 · Glendale Heigths, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.7 · 397% of ind

  • DART 17.5 DART
  • RANK #7/7
  • PHOTO Ludo Fact USA LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ludo Fact USA LLC (0.1 TCR gap)

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Southern Hobby Distribution-CHI in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Hobby Distribution-CHI averages 8.7 TCR (397% of the Hobbyists' supplies merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Southern Hobby Distribution-CHI TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=17.5 · BLS 2.2

Where Southern Hobby Distribution-CHI falls in its industry

55 Hobbyists' supplies merchant w establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

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 7 Hobbyists' supplies merchant w employers in Illinois.

Southern Hobby Distribution-CHI (18 employees, TCR 8.7) among 27 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 3.4 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 28 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Southern Hobby Distribution-CHI
Southern Hobby Distribution-CHI (18 employees, TCR 8.7) among 27 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Southern Hobby Distribution-CHI has fewer employees than the Hobbyists' supplies merchant wholesalers median and a higher 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 17.5 17.5 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423920 · IL · Glendale Heigths

55 Hobbyists' supplies merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Ludo Fact USA LLC 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eldorado 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Branch Plant Marion IN 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Horizon Hobby, LLC (Ontario, CA) 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE United Maintenance Company Inc - Miscellaneous Shows IL 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE D5 Leverett Yard 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE BAT 74 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE D6 Jacksonville Yard 18 FTE
NAT-TCR Stop & Shop 0454 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Kaufman Homes, Inc 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 4054-ABS-0020-0021-04133 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-SWY-0020-0020-03522 8.7 TCR

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.