Sign, building, erection · Illinois

Velocitel, Inc.

Northbrook, IL · ~542 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Velocitel, Inc. runs at 31% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Sign, building, erection workplace, earning a grade A.

Velocitel, Inc.: 0.9 TCR = 31% of Sign, building, erection BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Velocitel, Inc. safety composite

Velocitel, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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).

C

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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%).

Velocitel, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Velocitel, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 1.0 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.0 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.0 · 2017=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238990 · Northbrook, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 31% of ind

  • DART 0.4 DART
  • RANK #17/59
  • PHOTO Buesing Corp
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~542 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Buesing Corp (0.0 TCR gap)

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Velocitel, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Velocitel, Inc. averages 0.9 TCR (31% of the Sign, building, erection BLS benchmark).

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

Velocitel, Inc. TCR series: 2016=1 · 2017=0.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Velocitel, Inc. falls in its industry

1,634 Sign, building, erection establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 59 Sign, building, erection employers in Illinois.

Velocitel, Inc. (542 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Velocitel, Inc.
Velocitel, Inc. (542 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Velocitel, Inc. has more employees than the Sign, building, erection median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2017 0.8 0.4 3 1 0
2016 1.0 0.0 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238990 · IL · Northbrook

1,634 Sign, building, erection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 122 employers in Northbrook, 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 Buesing Corp 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR hth Clinton 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eagle Scaffolding Services Inc. 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 007 Pascagoula MS Barnhart Plant Services LLC 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE City of Chicago - CDOT, In-House Construction 542 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMS Mechanical Systems, Inc 542 FTE
STATE-SIZE Polk 542 FTE
STATE-SIZE Global Specialty Fulfillment : STL6 542 FTE
CITY-NEAR Astellas Pharma US 1,228 FTE
CITY-NEAR Astellas Pharma Global Development 908 FTE
CITY-NEAR Astellas US LLC 896 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILNOR - NORTHBROOK 780 FTE
NAT-TCR Tupelo Operations 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR UG2 - 255 - Tishman - 1 Federal Street 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Nexeo Solutions- Morrisville 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR NHC - Airport United Airlines Offices 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Morgan Truck Body LLC MPA 542 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4795-PD-PHX-PHOENIX-PD 542 FTE
NAT-SIZE ESI Mail Pharmacy Service, Inc. Tempe AZ 542 FTE
NAT-SIZE MicroPort Orthopedics Inc. 542 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: 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.