Drywall contractors · Illinois

Thorne Associates, Inc

Chicago, IL · ~197 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Thorne Associates, Inc runs at 86% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Drywall contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Thorne Associates, Inc: 2.4 TCR = 86% of Drywall contractors BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Thorne Associates, Inc safety composite

Thorne Associates, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

C

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

−0.6

2016→2023

Thorne Associates, Inc injury rate improved

Thorne Associates, Inc's TCR fell 0.6 from 2.1 in 2016 to 1.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.1 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=0.6 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238310 · Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.4 · 86% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #16/50
  • PHOTO National Specialty C…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~197 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: National Specialty Contractors, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Thorne Associates, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Thorne Associates, Inc averages 2.4 TCR (86% of the Drywall contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Thorne Associates, Inc TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=0.6 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=1.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Thorne Associates, Inc falls in its industry

1,613 Drywall contractors establishments

Safer than 66% 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 #16 safest of 50 Drywall contractors employers in Illinois.

Thorne Associates, Inc (197 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Thorne Associates, Inc
Thorne Associates, Inc (197 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Thorne Associates, Inc has more employees than the Drywall contractors 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 1.5 1.0 3 0 0
2022 2.9 0.7 4 0 0
2021 1.2 0.0 2 0 0
2020 3.1 3.1 5 0 0
2019 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2018 5.9 4.1 13 0 0
2017 2.1 1.1 4 0 0
2016 2.1 0.8 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238310 · IL · Chicago

1,613 Drywall contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, 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 National Specialty Contractors, LLC 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Superior Drywall Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR PCI Columbus Interior (582) 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Washington Office 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lennar - Chicago 197 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chicago - Caplis 197 FTE
STATE-SIZE Double Black Diamond Solar 197 FTE
STATE-SIZE ihc construction companies llc 197 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR Stanfordville Machine & Mfg., Co., Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Triangle Services - Boston (BOS) Aviation Svcs 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Southland Truck Group, LLC - Carencro 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale W. Eisenhower Pkwy 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc. 197 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jay Group 197 FTE
NAT-SIZE Flowserve, Taneytown 197 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fluid Connectors : Grantsburg 197 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, 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.