Hair clippers for human use, electric, manufacturing · Illinois

Wahl Clipper Corporation

Sterling, IL · ~1,260 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wahl Clipper Corporation runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Hair clippers for human use, electric, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Wahl Clipper Corporation: 1.8 TCR = 54% of Hair clippers for human use, electric, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wahl Clipper Corporation safety composite

Wahl Clipper Corporation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

Wahl Clipper Corporation: 2.4 → 3.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.56× in 2024

Wahl Clipper Corporation's TCR rose 1.2 from 2.4 in 2016 to 3.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335210 · Sterling, IL AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 54% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK P68
  • PHOTO BriskHeat Corporation
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 154 inj
  • SIZE ~1,260 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BriskHeat Corporation (0.1 TCR gap)

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Wahl Clipper Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wahl Clipper Corporation averages 1.8 TCR (54% of the Hair clippers for human use, electric, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Wahl Clipper Corporation TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2017=1.2 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=0.7 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=1.5 · 2022=2.6 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Wahl Clipper Corporation falls in its industry

50 Hair clippers for human use, e establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Wahl Clipper Corporation (1,260 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 160 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Wahl Clipper Corporation
Wahl Clipper Corporation (1,260 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 160 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Wahl Clipper Corporation has more employees than the Hair clippers for human use, electric, m 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 3.6 2.8 31 0 0
2022 2.6 2.4 31 2 0
2021 1.5 0.8 19 0 0
2020 0.9 0.8 13 0 0
2019 0.7 0.4 9 0 0
2018 1.3 0.6 16 0 0
2017 1.2 0.4 12 0 0
2016 2.4 0.9 23 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335210 · IL · Sterling

50 Hair clippers for human use, electric, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 72 employers in Sterling, 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 BriskHeat Corporation 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Infratech, LLC 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Edgecraft Corporation 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR BISSELL Homecare, Inc. 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE MDW - Ground Ops 1,259 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lawson Products-Corporate 1,256 FTE
STATE-SIZE Joliet Junior College 1,256 FTE
STATE-SIZE Advocate South Suburban Hospital 1,256 FTE
CITY-NEAR HALO Branded Solutions, Inc. 2,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR STIL 1,839 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 7024 910 FTE
CITY-NEAR CGH Medical Center 876 FTE
NAT-TCR Elixson Wood Products, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 279 - Manistee MI 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Ardent Mills Omaha A 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Notre Dame de Namur University 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Robards Plant 1,260 FTE
NAT-SIZE Forest MS Complex 1,260 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Luke's Meridian Medical Center 1,259 FTE
NAT-SIZE Honda Aircraft Company, LLC 1,259 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.