Applicators, wood, manufacturing · Illinois

Universal Forest Products Inc.

Peru, IL · ~18 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Universal Forest Products Inc. runs at 211% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Applicators, wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Universal Forest Products Inc.: 7.0 TCR = 211% of Applicators, wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Universal Forest Products Inc. safety composite

Universal Forest Products Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−20.9

2016→2018

Universal Forest Products Inc. injury rate improved

Universal Forest Products Inc.'s TCR fell 20.9 from 20.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 20.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=20.9 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321999 · Peru, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 211% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/11
  • PHOTO Stamp-n-Storage
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Stamp-n-Storage (0.0 TCR gap)

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Universal Forest Products Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Universal Forest Products Inc. averages 7.0 TCR (211% of the Applicators, wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Universal Forest Products Inc. TCR series: 2016=20.9 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Universal Forest Products Inc. falls in its industry

405 Applicators, wood, manufacturi establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 11 Applicators, wood, manufacturi employers in Illinois.

Universal Forest Products Inc. (18 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 Universal Forest Products Inc.
Universal Forest Products Inc. (18 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Universal Forest Products Inc. has fewer employees than the Applicators, wood, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 20.9 10.4 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321999 · IL · Peru

405 Applicators, wood, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 59 employers in Peru, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Stamp-n-Storage 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Precision Prefinishing 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR J Kraft, Inc 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Killion Industries - 1380, 1370 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lone Hollow, LLC. 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lincoln 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Avangrid Renewables - Top of Iowa II.Barton.Winnebego 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - GS Meter Shop and Engr 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR Illinois Valley Community Hospital 634 FTE
CITY-NEAR James Hardie Building Products, Peru IL 384 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 796 371 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eakas Corporation 353 FTE
NAT-TCR 0180 - Lincoln Village, Oh 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 0267 - North Richland Hills, T 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR The Samarkand 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Mr. Dell Foods, Inc. 7.0 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.