Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) · Illinois
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc- Arlington Heights
Arlington Heights, IL · ~24 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc- Arlington Heights runs at 156% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) workplace, earning a grade D.
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc- Arlington Heights: 5.3 TCR = 156% of Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc- Arlington Heights safety composite
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc- Arlington Heights scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).
39/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.31 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 22% 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
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc- Arlington Heights: 5.8 → 7.6 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 7.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.44× in 2024
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc- Arlington Heights's TCR rose 1.8 from 5.8 in 2018 to 7.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 442110 · Arlington Heights, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 156% of ind
- DART 7.6 DART
- RANK #54/102
- PHOTO C0660 Norman
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~24 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: C0660 Norman (0.0 TCR gap)
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Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc- Arlington Heights in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc- Arlington Heights
5.3 TCR
- C0660 Norman
C0660 Norman
5.3 TCR
- 4535-0210
4535-0210
5.3 TCR
- 4535-0781
4535-0781
5.3 TCR
- PALO ALTO GALL
PALO ALTO GALLERY
5.3 TCR
What this shows Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc- Arlington Heights averages 5.3 TCR (156% of the Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) BLS benchmark).
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc- Arlington Heights TCR series: 2018=5.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=5.3 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=7.3 · 2024=7.6 · BLS 3.4
Where Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc- Arlington Heights falls in its industry
2,215 Furniture stores (e.g., househ establishmentsSafer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #54 safest of 102 Furniture stores (e.g., househ employers in Illinois.
Walter E Smithe Furniture, Inc- Arlington Heights has fewer employees than the Furniture stores (e.g., household, offic median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
442110 · IL · Arlington Heights
2,215 Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 121 employers in Arlington Heights, 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 | C0660 Norman | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 4535-0210 | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 4535-0781 | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PALO ALTO GALLERY | 5.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | C70 | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Nelson Energy Center | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hecate Grid LLC | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NG DeKalb Reporting Center | 24 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Northwest Community Hospital | 3,365 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ARLINGTON HEIGHTS SCHOOL DISTRICT 25 | 911 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4813-48130002-ENCORE CHICAGO | 845 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lutheran Home and Serv For The Aged | 796 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Sabel Steel Theodore | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ferry County Public Hospital District #1 (DBA Ferry County Memorial Hospital) | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 40364 - CAPSTONE Aldi Moreno CA Unload | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Branagh Development, Inc. | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | San Dieguito Water District | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hammond Lumber Company - Farmington | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Noland co | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Stuart Lisowski Excavation & Garage, LLC | 24 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.