Warehousing and storage, general merchandise · Illinois

US DC DeKalb

Dekalb, IL · ~162 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

US DC DeKalb runs at 9% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Warehousing and storage, general merchandise workplace, earning a grade A.

US DC DeKalb: 0.5 TCR = 9% of Warehousing and storage, general merchandise BLS 5.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

US DC DeKalb safety composite

US DC DeKalb scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.2

2020→2023

US DC DeKalb injury rate improved

US DC DeKalb's TCR fell 1.2 from 1.2 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 1.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=1.2 · 2021=0.4 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493110 · Dekalb, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 9% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/551
  • PHOTO Cincinnati - 401 Mur…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~162 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cincinnati - 401 Murray Road (0.0 TCR gap)

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US DC DeKalb in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows US DC DeKalb averages 0.5 TCR (9% of the Warehousing and storage, general merchandise BLS benchmark).

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

US DC DeKalb TCR series: 2020=1.2 · 2021=0.4 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=0 · BLS 5.8

Where US DC DeKalb falls in its industry

9,477 Warehousing and storage, gener establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 551 Warehousing and storage, gener employers in Illinois.

US DC DeKalb (162 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate US DC DeKalb
US DC DeKalb (162 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5

US DC DeKalb has more employees than the Warehousing and storage, general merchan median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.5 0.0 0 1 0
2021 0.4 0.4 1 0 0
2020 1.2 0.6 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493110 · IL · Dekalb

9,477 Warehousing and storage, general merchandise employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 93 employers in Dekalb, 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 Cincinnati - 401 Murray Road 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CA - Kidde 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Houston Fastener Manufacturing, Inc. 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stoneledge Furniture LLC- Roseville 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Miner Enterprises 162 FTE
STATE-SIZE PHRG CHI 162 FTE
STATE-SIZE Landmarc Environmental Systems, LLC 162 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prairie Farms Dairy Granite City 162 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - UDC-DeKalb 1,635 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3842 - DeKalb UDC 1,411 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital 1,067 FTE
CITY-NEAR DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 940 FTE
NAT-TCR MechOne, Inc. 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Pratt (Corrugated Logistics, LLC) 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Protavic America/Mereco Technologies 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Calvert City Sekisui Speciality Chemicals 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE SPI- Shasta Lake 162 FTE
NAT-SIZE KCI Construction Company 162 FTE
NAT-SIZE LSG Sky Chefs - 1681 162 FTE
NAT-SIZE High Watch Recovery Center 162 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.