Air brake systems and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · Illinois
Vapor Bus International
Buffalo Grove, IL · ~182 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.3
- Avg TCR
- 5.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Vapor Bus International runs at 24% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Air brake systems and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Vapor Bus International: 1.3 TCR = 24% of Air brake systems and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Vapor Bus International safety composite
Vapor Bus International scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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).
51/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 79% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.64 per 100 workers
Safer than 19% 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
Vapor Bus International: 1.1 → 3.7 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 3.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2.03× in 2024
Vapor Bus International's TCR rose 2.6 from 1.1 in 2018 to 3.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336340 · Buffalo Grove, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 24% of ind
- DART 2.6 DART
- RANK #2/4
- PHOTO Brembo North America…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~182 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Brembo North America - Disc Facility (0.0 TCR gap)
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Vapor Bus International in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Bendix Commerc
Bendix Commercial Vehicles Systems, LLC
1.4 TCR
- This site
Vapor Bus International
1.3 TCR
- Brembo North A
Brembo North America - Disc Facility
1.3 TCR
- Autoliv Nissin
Autoliv Nissin Brake America
1.3 TCR
- Cummins-Merito
Cummins-Meritor Plainfield
1.2 TCR
What this shows Vapor Bus International averages 1.3 TCR (24% of the Air brake systems and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Vapor Bus International TCR series: 2018=1.1 · 2019=0 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 5.4
Where Vapor Bus International falls in its industry
133 Air brake systems and parts, a establishmentsSafer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Air brake systems and parts, a employers in Illinois.
Vapor Bus International has more employees than the Air brake systems and parts, automotive, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336340 · IL · Buffalo Grove
133 Air brake systems and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 66 employers in Buffalo Grove, 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 | Brembo North America - Disc Facility | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bendix Commercial Vehicles Systems, LLC | 1.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Autoliv Nissin Brake America | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cummins-Meritor Plainfield | 1.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Oberlander Electric Co | 182 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Oberlander Electric Co. | 182 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Liberty Packaging - Quad Cities, IL | 182 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kuriyama of America, Inc. | 182 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Federal Building Services, Inc. | 2,440 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Flex - Buffalo Grove | 1,217 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Flex Buffalo Grove - 700 Building | 798 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BT Buffalo Grove | 760 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Berkeley County School District Office | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 50107 - Capstone Unfi Sc | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | OSI Optoelectronics - Advanced Photonix | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sodexo at University of North Carolina H | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | OVNA | 182 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Renick Brothers Mechanical Contractors | 182 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Tualatin High School | 182 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ducommun Monrovia | 182 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.