Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing · Illinois

Van Voorst Lumber

Union Hill, IL · ~72 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Van Voorst Lumber runs at 253% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Van Voorst Lumber: 8.3 TCR = 253% of Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Van Voorst Lumber safety composite

Van Voorst Lumber scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 36%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 8.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

−2.7

2017→2024

Van Voorst Lumber injury rate improved

Van Voorst Lumber's TCR fell 2.7 from 7.0 in 2017 to 4.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 13.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.0 · 2022=13.8 · 2024=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321920 · Union Hill, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.3 · 253% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #29/42
  • PHOTO Kamps Pallets Charlo…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kamps Pallets Charlotte Plant 1 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Van Voorst Lumber in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Van Voorst Lumber averages 8.3 TCR (253% of the Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Van Voorst Lumber TCR series: 2017=7 · 2022=13.8 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Van Voorst Lumber falls in its industry

952 Pallet parts, wood, manufactur establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 42 Pallet parts, wood, manufactur employers in Illinois.

Van Voorst Lumber (72 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Van Voorst Lumber
Van Voorst Lumber (72 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3

Van Voorst Lumber has more employees than the Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. 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 4.3 3.7 8 0 0
2022 13.8 10.7 9 0 0
2017 7.0 5.6 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321920 · IL · Union Hill

952 Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 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 Kamps Pallets Charlotte Plant 1 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR L&R Pallet Service, Inc. 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Millwood, Inc. Dundee 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kirk Wood Products Inc 8.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Hillsboro / Mt. Clare 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Persimmon Street 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Astoria Wire & Metal Products 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Korte and Luitjohan Contractors, Inc. 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vanfab 46 FTE
NAT-TCR Land O Lakes 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Azteca Milling 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR The Arbor at Avamere Court 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR NHK Spring Precision of America 8.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rick Stone Masonry, Inc. 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sardis Community Nursing Home 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northwest Pipe Co. 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Custom Chemical Formulators 72 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, 2022, 2017. 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.