Sprockets, power transmission equipment, manufacturing · Illinois

UST - Wheeling

Wheeling, IL · ~131 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

UST - Wheeling runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Sprockets, power transmission equipment, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

UST - Wheeling: 1.4 TCR = 41% of Sprockets, power transmission equipment, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

UST - Wheeling safety composite

UST - Wheeling scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

UST - Wheeling: 2.1 → 3.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 2.1× in 2024

UST - Wheeling's TCR rose 1.5 from 2.1 in 2016 to 3.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333613 · Wheeling, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 41% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #4/12
  • PHOTO North Amercian Clutc…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~131 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: North Amercian Clutch & Driveline, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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UST - Wheeling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows UST - Wheeling averages 1.4 TCR (41% of the Sprockets, power transmission equipment, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

UST - Wheeling TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 3.3

Where UST - Wheeling falls in its industry

111 Sprockets, power transmission establishments

Safer than 81% 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 #4 safest of 12 Sprockets, power transmission employers in Illinois.

UST - Wheeling (131 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate UST - Wheeling
UST - Wheeling (131 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.4

UST - Wheeling has more employees than the Sprockets, power transmission equipment, 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
2024 3.6 2.8 5 0 0
2023 1.4 0.7 2 0 0
2022 1.4 0.7 2 0 0
2021 2.2 0.7 2 1 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.4 0.7 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 2.1 2.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333613 · IL · Wheeling

111 Sprockets, power transmission equipment, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 136 employers in Wheeling, 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 North Amercian Clutch & Driveline, Inc 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Renold 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR ATR SALES, INC. 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR John Crane Grafton 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Department of Public Works 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE McHugh Enterprises Inc. 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brieser Construction 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alliance Glazing Technologies 131 FTE
CITY-NEAR IL-01 4,581 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wheeling School District 21 967 FTE
CITY-NEAR Main Office - 01 800 FTE
CITY-NEAR Response Team 1 728 FTE
NAT-TCR Whitesell Corporation - Avalon 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Corporate 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Tmm 1336/1376 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Herzog Transit Services Inc - Tx 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Windsor Mission Oaks 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Desert Behavioral Health Hospital 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE Live Oak Retirement Community 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE Milk Specialties Global Eden Prairie 131 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.